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NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. »
Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission team received on Thursday, Oct. 22, images that confirm the spacecraft has collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission requirements – acquiring at least 2 ounces (60 grams) of the asteroid’s surface material. »
Astronomers have spotted a rare blast of light from a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole. »
In a new study, scientists looked at sunspots at low resolution as if they were trillions of miles away. »
Sometime between March 2010 and May 2012, a meteor streaked across the Martian sky and broke into pieces, slamming into the planet's surface. »
New research has found more evidence of a salty lake under the surface of Mars' southern ice cap, and also revealed a number of smaller salty "ponds" nearby -- raising the possibility there may be life on the Red Planet. »
An international team of astronomers has discovered a new class of planet, an ‘ultrahot Neptune’, orbiting the nearby star LTT 9779. »
The violent events leading up to the death of a star would likely drive away any planets. The newly discovered Jupiter-size object may have arrived long after the star died. »
Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have declined by over two-thirds in less than half a century, due in large part to the same environmental destruction that is contributing to the emergence of zoonotic diseases like COVID-19, according to a World Wide Fund for Nature. »
Researchers have used a combination of AI and quantum mechanics to reveal how hydrogen gradually turns into a metal in giant planets. »
While our Moon is airless, research indicates the presence of hematite, a form of rust that normally requires oxygen and water. »
Galaxy is distorted, appearing as a ring of light in the sky. »
A small but evolving dent in Earth’s magnetic field can cause big headaches for satellites. »
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New results from NASA's Juno mission at Jupiter suggest our solar system's largest planet is home to what's called "shallow lightning." »
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lifts off from Cape Canaveral on July 30, 2020. »
The rediscovery of a lost planet could pave the way for the detection (...) »
Various teams of astronomers studied the mysterious massive star, located in (...) »
The newly discovered planet's parent star is still encircled by the disk of material from which both objects formed, giving scientists a glimpse at early planet evolution. »
Jupiter-size planets orbiting close to their stars have upended ideas about how giant planets form. »
Astronomical radio observatory Very Large Array locates hidden 'hot corino'. »
Taken with the infrared camera on NASA's Odyssey orbiter, the images reveal temperature variations aboard the small moon as it drifts into and out of Mars' shadow. »
Just as our own Moon floats away from Earth a tiny bit more each year, other moons are doing the same with their host planets. »
Researchers capture birth of two planets orbiting the star PDS 70. »
Observations made with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the telltale signs of a star system being born. »
A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth. »
A Venusian day, which is one full rotation of the planet, takes 243 Earth days, but researchers found out that its atmosphere rotates 60 times faster. »
Astronomers have found a unique star system with multiple planets orbiting it 88 light-years away. »
The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our nearest neighbor in space. »
Scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water. »
For the first time, scientists have directly measured wind speed on a brown dwarf, an object larger than Jupiter (the largest planet in our solar system) but not quite massive enough to become a star. »
New mapping of the giant planet's upper atmosphere reveals likely reason why it's so hot. »
Scientists are finding that Earth's mantle may have generated the planet's early magnetic field. »
Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporise metals. »
NASA's Curiosity rover has captured its highest-resolution panorama yet of the Martian surface. »
