NASA’s Webb Just Found Something Unexpected Beyond Neptune
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...
Intelligent Aliens May Be Common On Earth-Like Planets, Scientists Say
A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...
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JWST Spies a Giant Space Hamburger—and Maybe Planetary Origins, Too
It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...
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Jupiter In High Definition Created From Hubble Space Telescope Imagery
Hubble Space Telescope imagery created an HD look at the gas giant planet Jupiter. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
How space missions make discoveries on the way to their main destinations
To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...
The Real Point of Space Exploration
Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...
NASA’s Juno Uncovers Io’s 80 Trillion Watt Volcanic Monster That Shatters Records
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has uncovered an immense volcanic hot spot on Jupiter’s moon Io, surpassing any previously recorded ...
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Europa Clipper Mission Seeks Habitable Environment on Jupiter's Ocean Moon
The Europa Clipper mission, NASA's largest planetary science spacecraft to date, aims to determine if Jupiter's moon Europa possesses the necessary ingredients for life within its vast subsurface ...
An Asteroid Sample Just Changed What We Know About Life in Our Solar System
Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...
NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...
Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...
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2025 Planet parade continues: How and when to see the planets align in the night sky
Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six- and seven-planet "alignments" in February. A planetary alignment, or a "planet parade" according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after ...