New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...
Rare space event made us think all the wrong things about this solar system planet
If Voyager 2 had arrived a week earlier, it would have observed a completely different magnetospheric environment".
Scientists have fiercely debated the existence of ‘Planet 9’ for a decade. Some say evidence is piling up
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...
Celebrate Mars New Year Now Because The Next One Won’t Come Until 2026
Happy New Year's on Mars. Martian years are almost twice as long as Earth years. Nov. 12 is the day to celebrate the start of ...
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The Webb Telescope Found A Planet Orbiting A Star 35 Light Years Away — Its Data Is Just Plain Odd
Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that a planet orbiting a small, red star 35 light years away ...
Legendary Star’s Smooth Disk Mystifies Astronomers, Challenges Planet Formation Theories
Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...
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NASA's Roman space telescope gets ready to stare at distant suns to find alien planets
The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will enable scientists to detect the faint light ...
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NASA Installs Roman Space Telescope's Planet-Hunting Coronagraph
The Roman Telescope is being built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, where the coronagraph recently arrived after being ...
NASA-Funded Study Examines Tidal Effects on Planet and Moon Interiors
NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will ...
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How do astronauts vote in the US election from space?
The history of space voting starts in 1996 when astronaut John Blaha couldn’t physically vote in that year’s presidential ...