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WEB6 days ago · In a Significant First, Researchers Detect Water Frost on Solar System's Tallest Volcanoes; Small, Cool and Sulfurous Exoplanet May Help Write Recipe for Planetary Formation
NASA Scientists Re-Create Mars ‘Spiders’ in a Lab for First Time
WEBSep 11, 2024 · The leading theory is that the spiders are created by processes involving carbon dioxide ice, which doesn’t occur naturally on Earth. Thanks to experiments detailed in a new paper published in The Planetary Science Journal, scientists have, for the first time, re-created those formation processes in simulated Martian temperatures and air ...
A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter, new study finds
WEB3 days ago · But Mars seemed to offer a clearer picture. The researchers found that if a primordial black hole were to pass within a few hundred million miles of Mars, the encounter would set off a “wobble,” or a slight deviation in Mars’ orbit. Within a few years of such an encounter, Mars’ orbit should shift by about a meter—an incredibly small ...
Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet
WEB4 days ago · Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times farther from the sun on average than does Neptune (which orbits the sun at an average ...
A new solar system has been found in the Milky Way. All 6 …
WEBNov 30, 2023 · Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ago. The find,...
Solar System News | From Mercury to Mars to Pluto - Sky
WEBLearn the latest about the exploration of our neighbors in the solar system, and check out stunning pictures of Mars, asteroids, Jupiter's moons, and more.
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WEB2 days ago · Latest about Solar System. Behold! 1st-ever photo of Earth and Mars' moon Phobos captured from Red Planet. By Samantha Mathewson published 18 September …
NASA Enters the Solar Atmosphere for the First Time, Bringing …
WEBDec 14, 2021 · For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona – and sampled particles and magnetic fields there. Credits: …
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will change the way we see our solar ...
WEBJul 11, 2022 · In the next year, the James Webb Space Telescope will spend roughly 7% of its time focused not on distant galaxies, but on our own solar system. From signs of life on Jupiter's moons to an ...
NASA Planetary Science Highlights: 2021 - NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBDec 23, 2021 · OSIRIS-REx started its journey back to Earth with precious cargo, and two new asteroid missions – Lucy and DART – launched to the skies. Here’s the 2021 round-up of NASA planetary science, highlighting the year’s most spectacular images, the most ground-breaking discoveries, and the most incredible mission milestones.