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“Hellish Landscape” of Jupiter’s Moon Io Enhances Case for Life on the Planet’s Icy Moons
Cornell University astronomers studying Jupiter's moon Io say tidal heating may help support life in the oceans of Jupiter's ...
Webb telescope is about to home in on these 2 exoplanets. Here's why.
The James Webb Space Telescope and its legacy partner Hubble will hunt for a rocky exoplanet with air around a red dwarf star ...
As spacecraft zooms to Venus, it peers back at humble Earth and the moon
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft, barreling through our solar system, recently used Earth's gravity to ...
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NASA Analyzes Synthetic Human Bodies It Sent on Lunar Journey
For astronauts venturing out into the Solar System, it's not just the cold vacuum of space that poses a major hazard. On ...
NASA's flying to an ocean world. Its spacecraft is giant.
Planetary scientists are confident this moon of Jupiter harbors a deep ocean. A looming question is whether it hosts the ...
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What’s Lurking in the Kuiper Belt? NASA’s Unexpected New Discovery
This discovery suggests the presence of a potential second Kuiper Belt and challenges existing models of solar system ...
Earth will get a second moon this month — but not for long
Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.
Citizen science collaboration yields precise data on exoplanet WASP-77 A b
A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...
NASA convinced an American author we’ll find life on another planet — in next 25 years
NASA convinced an American author we’ll find life on another planet — in next 25 years - Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers ...
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When Will That Star Dim? Amateur Planet-Chasers Got You!
A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...
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2nd Kuiper Belt? Our solar system may be much larger than thought
Now, however, Pluto and that part of the solar system has moved away from the backdrop of the Milky Way into a sparser region of the night sky. With its Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC), Subaru has discovered ...
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The Seven Most Interesting Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Saturn
Until scientists learn more then, here are seven of the most fascinating discoveries they’ve made about Saturn so far. The ...