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For a brief period of time, this New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) frame of the

Astronomy

NASA’s New Horizons probe snaps farthest image from Earth

February 9, 2018

Alien life

The Search for Alien Life: We Have Been Looking in the Wrong Places

February 2, 2018

Artist's concept of a top-down view of the K2-138 system discovered by citizen scientists, showing the orbits and relative sizes of the five known planets. Orbital periods of the five planets, shown to scale, fall close to a series of 3:2 mean motion resonances. This indicates that the planets orbiting K2-138, which likely formed much farther away from the star, migrated inward slowly and smoothly. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Astronomy

Crowdsourcing astronomy: Citizen scientists discover new rocky planets locked in resonance

January 15, 2018 - Updated on February 15, 2019

We don't really know what the object is made of or where it came from. Image credits: NASA / JPL.

Astronomy

For the first time ever, our solar system is getting an outside visitor

October 27, 2017

Artistic representation of a black hole. Image credits: NASA / ESA.

Astronomy

Researchers find tantalizing evidence of mid-sized black hole in the Milky Way

September 4, 2017

Alien life

TRAPPIST-1, the dwarf star with seven Earth-sized planets, is older than our solar system

August 15, 2017

I guess we're all intergalactic immigrants. Image credits: Spitzer / NASA.

Astronomy

We really are made of star stuff: half of the atoms inside us come from intergalactic space

NASA's chief of human spaceflight, Bill Gerstenmaier, in 2015. Image credits: NASA.

Astronomy

NASA: We just can’t afford to land humans on Mars

Artist impression of young binary system. Credit: NASA.

Astronomy

The sun likely has a lost twin called ‘Nemesis’, as do most stars like it

June 15, 2017 - Updated on June 16, 2017

This gif shows the 'flipbook' from which citizen scientists identified the new brown dwarf, marked with the red circle. Image credits: NASAClose

Astronomy

Citizen scientists discover new cold star close to our solar system

June 6, 2017 - Updated on February 15, 2019

Astronomy

Latest results from Juno mission reveal massive surprises about Jupiter

Artistic representation of the newly discovered

Astronomy

Scientists find water clouds and exotic, primitive atmosphere on a “warm Neptune”

May 12, 2017 - Updated on September 5, 2017

The carvings depict a dramatic event which shaped mankind and Earth for over a thousand years. Image credits: Alistair Coombs.

Archaeology

Ancient carvings show comet struck Earth, triggering mini Ice Age

April 25, 2017 - Updated on April 25, 2019

The Great Cold Spot was first discovered on Jupiter using observations taken of Jupiter's auroral region by the CRIRES instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. This is a computerized image of the Great Cold Spot as it would appear directly above Jupiter at a distance of 22,000 miles (35,000 km) above the planet. (Image: NASA/IRTF Telescope/University of Leicester).

Astronomy

Jupiter has a massive cold spot as well

Gliese 1132b is only slightly larger than Earth. Image via Wikipedia.

Astronomy

Researchers discover atmosphere around an Earth-like planet

Image credits: MESSENGER / NASA

Astronomy

The Origins of Water Ice on Mercury

March 13, 2017 - Updated on May 11, 2023

Image via Pixabay.

Astronomy

How to find constellations: a starter’s guide

February 21, 2017 - Updated on May 3, 2023

Pine Island Glacier shedding a block of ice the size of Manhattan in January CREDIT: MODIS/NASA

Astronomy

NASA satellite spots mile-long iceberg breaking off from Antarctic glacier

February 21, 2017

“There seems to be no shortage of exoplanets,” says Jennifer Burt, a Torres postdoctoral fellow in MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. “There are a ton of them out there, and a ton of science to be done.

Astronomy

You can search for your own exoplanets — Researchers make huge dataset available

February 14, 2017

An artist's conception of Voyager 1, which is now in interstellar space, and the Solar System the probe left behind. Image credits: NASA.

Astronomy

Hubble Telescope maps Voyager’s road trip

January 9, 2017 - Updated on September 10, 2017

Artistic representation of the planet. Image credits: University of Warwick / Mark Garlick

Astronomy

Rubies and sapphires rain down on huge planet

January 5, 2017

Saturn's rings were named alphabetically in the order they were discovered. The narrow F ring marks the outer boundary of the main ring system.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Astronomy

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to finally reach Saturn’s rings

November 30, 2016

The high-resolution model created from images by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft. Image credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/DLR/Smithsonian Institution

Astronomy

Astronomers discover deep valley on Mercury formed through Earth-like processes

November 17, 2016

NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/ASU

Astronomy

Curiosity finds weird metallic meteorite on Mars

November 2, 2016

Uranus might hold some surprises. Image credits: E. Karkoschka et al, NICMOS, HST, NASA

Astronomy

Astronomers may have just discovered two new moons around Uranus

October 18, 2016

An artist's conception of the view from the dwarf planet Sedna. David Gerdes of the University of Michigan says the surface of 2014 UZ224 would look much the same.
NASA, ESA and Adolf Schaller

Astronomy

Scientists find new dwarf planet in our solar system

October 13, 2016 - Updated on February 12, 2020

A group of sunspots. The big one in the lower-left part of the image stretches more than 11 Earths, or 87,000 miles across. Image by NASA.

Astronomy

Proxima Centauri is more like Earth than we thought, might host habitable planet

October 13, 2016

This scene from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows

Astronomy

NASA rover will investigate liquid-carved gully on Mars

October 12, 2016

This infrared image gives an unprecedented view of the southern aurora of Jupiter, as captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft on Aug. 27, 2016.
Credit: Photo courtesy of NASA.

Astronomy

Jupiter’s spooky sounds: Astronauts capture sound emissions from the gas giant

October 11, 2016

This composite image shows suspected plumes of water vapor erupting at the 7 o’clock position off the limb of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Credits: NASA/ESA/W. Sparks (STScI)/USGS Astrogeology Science Center

Alien life

NASA finds more evidence of water plumes on Europa

September 27, 2016

This illustration shows a glowing stream of material from a star as it is being devoured by a supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption flare. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Astronomy

Black holes turn stars into spaghetti, devours them, then burp fire

September 19, 2016

Astronomy

Astronomers get the first glimpse of solar wind as it forms

September 16, 2016

OSIRIS-REx will travel to near-Earth asteroid Bennu on a sample return mission.
Credits: NASA

Astronomy

NASA prepares mission to intercept asteroid

September 8, 2016

Can you spot Philae in this picture? Zoomed-in version below. Image via ESA.

Astronomy

Defunct Philae found on the surface of the comet

September 6, 2016

Astronomy

First stars formed much later than we thought

September 2, 2016 - Updated on September 3, 2016

There is probably an ice volcano on Ceres.

Astronomy

More surprises on Ceres: astronomers discover an ice volcano

September 2, 2016

Artistic depiction of a black hole with a corona. Image by NASA/JPL.

Astronomy

Black Holes are sending quantum messages in the universe

August 30, 2016 - Updated on May 11, 2023

This dual view of Jupiter was taken on August 23, when NASA’s Juno spacecraft was 2.8 million miles (4.4 million kilometers) from the gas giant planet on the inbound leg of its initial 53.5-day capture orbit.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS

Astronomy

NASA’s Juno shuttle gets up close and personal with Jupiter

August 29, 2016

A view taken by NASA's Curiosity Rover. China might be getting views like this in 2021. Image via NASA.

Astronomy

China Unveils 2020 Mars Mission and Rover

August 24, 2016

Artistic depiction of a white dwarf sucking up hydrogen from its companion star. K. Ulaczyk / Warsaw University Observatory

Astronomy

White dwarf goes nova after a long slumber

August 18, 2016 - Updated on July 25, 2023

Image via NASA

Astronomy

NASA to install new ISS module for space taxis

August 17, 2016

Astronaut Ron Garan photographed a streaking meteor (center) from on board the space station during the 2011 Perseid shower. (NASA)

Astronomy

How and where to watch the Perseids this year

August 12, 2016

Acoustic waves from the red spot storm may be creating the heat.

Astronomy

Jupiter’s Red Patch Heats up the Entire Planet

The blue dots in the above picture represent galaxies that contain supermassive black holes emitting high-energy X-rays. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Astronomy

NASA pinpoints black holes that send out high-energy X-rays for first time ever

Image credit Pixabay

Astronomy

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is heating its upper atmosphere

Illustration of the Milky Way's high temperature gaseous halo (seen in blue). Credit: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss/Ohio State/A Gupta et al.

Astronomy

Scientists uncover unique speed and direction of Milky Way’s spinning ‘halo’

An illustration of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope during the K2 mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Astronomy

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovers 104 new planets outside of Milky Way

NRAO/AUI/NSF

Astronomy

Star blast reveals water ‘snowline’ for first time ever

July 14, 2016 - Updated on July 15, 2016

Image credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS

Astronomy

NASA’s Juno spacecraft sends back first color image of Jupiter from orbit

Image credit Pixabay

Astronomy

New dwarf planet discovered in outskirts of solar system beyond Neptune

July 13, 2016 - Updated on February 12, 2020

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