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State-of-the-art equipment can’t always identify life inhabiting the most Mars-like spot on Earth, leaving scientists wondering how to do better on the Red Planet.
Researchers solved a key mystery of planet formation.
Space debris poses a serious threat to the future of exploration.
A common lunar reference time will help keep dozens of upcoming Moon missions in sync.
Even if it doesn't wake up, it was still a good run for the Chinese robot.
Astronomers found something so unexpected it actually creates problems for science.
Hot moons could be the answer to finding the mysterious ninth planet.
How did they get so big in such a "short" time?
Jupiter has one-upped Saturn for now.
This engine generates thrust using fuel-saving supersonic combustion
Untangling the origin of the universe may be as simple as retracing your steps.
The discovery of ice in the darkest, coldest regions of a molecular cloud opens a new window into the origin of the most complex molecules.
The Itokawa asteroid is basically one large pile of space rubble.
Wildlife is also significantly affected by light pollution.
The new research could explain the formation of both Earth and super-Earths elsewhere in the galaxy.
TOI 700 is one of only a few systems with multiple, small, habitable-zone planets.
It's the closest and oldest ultracool dwarf binary ever observed.
It's been a very productive four years. Enjoy your retirement, InSight.
Measuring the orbital decay of exoplanets has proven difficult due to the slow and gradual nature of the process.
The new satellite will give us a better understanding of how climate change affects our environment.
Dust devils could be beneficial for rovers and future astronauts.
Is there anything the Webb can't see?
And you thought your home wi-fi might be fast.
We're past just sending people to the moon. It's time to start building things there.
Mars' geology isn't quite as funky as Earth's -- but it's not all that plain either.
Mars is turning out to be a more interesting place than we thought.
For centuries astronomers have been curious about this moon of Saturn, and thanks to new telescopes like James Webb, we're starting to uncover some of the mysteries of this moon.
He won't be going to space just yet, though.
The JWST is becoming an exoplanet researcher's dream.
The space rock could reveal how the solar system formed.
It may have been on Mars, and not on Earth, where life first appeared in the solar system.
This is the first practical step towards bringing NASA astronauts back to the Moon after more than 50 years of absence.
If microbes can do this, we should be particularly worried with our own impact on the climate.
A lot is riding on this 55-pound machine.
We still have a lot to learn about how celestial bodies form.
It may be a desert now, but at some point in its history, Mars was flooded with water.
At what point does research cross from astrophysics into archeology?
The universe is filled with remarkable objects. Researchers have just found another.
Quite fitting to be studying a moon named 'Fear' for Halloween.
A long time ago, Mars may have been like the Earth is today.
Among the surprises were magma and surface waves.
These cyberpunk contact lenses will ultimately help make spaceflight safer for astronauts.
This is important both for our search for life, and for potential contamination of the Red Planet.
Huge spikes of radiation seem to occur every thousand years or so -- but no one really knows what they are.
Although we've looked at this corner of the universe before, we've never seen it so clearly.
The catalog was thought to be lost -- but was now rediscovered.
I see your GOAT and raise you a BOAT.
The "burp" is traveling at half the speed of light.
Barium is 2.5 times the weight of iron.
We now have confirmation that NASA can deflect a threatening near-Earth asteroid. But this is just one experiment.
