Mysterious Patterns in Temperatures Detected on Jupiter
Based partly on data from generations of NASA missions, including NASA’s Voyager and Cassini, a 40-year study could help scientists determine how to predict weather…
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Death by Dust: Game Over for NASA’s InSight Mars Lander?
We have known for a while that the end was near for NASA’s Mars InSight lander, as the spacecraft’s power supply continued to dwindle from…
Hubble Space Telescope Captures Festive and Free-Floating Scene
Just in time for Christmas, this new Picture of the Week from the Hubble Space Telescope features a glistening scene in holiday red. This festive…
Alien Planet Discovered Spiraling to Ultimate Obliteration Around an Aging Star
The condemned planet could help answer questions about the fate of other worlds as their solar systems evolve. An incredible discovery has been made by…
Do You Speak Extraterrestrial?
A new research hub examines how to respond to life beyond Earth. What does humanity do when we realize we aren’t alone in the universe? A…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Pierces Through Dust Clouds to Unveil Young Stars in Early Stages of Formation
Webb’s Infrared Capabilities Pierce Through Dust Clouds to Make Rare Find Searching for buried treasure isn’t easy. It can be a painstaking, even frustrating, process….
Science’s 2022 Breakthrough of the Year: NASA’s Stellar New James Webb Space Telescope
After numerous setbacks, 20 years of development, a hefty $10 billion dollar price tag, and a perilous 1-million-mile (1.5-million-kilometer) journey into space, the new James…
Massive Marsquake! Five Times Larger Than Previous Record Holder
New research publishes first data on the Red Planet’s magnitude 4.7 quake that occurred earlier this year. Late on the Earth night of May 4,…
Thruster Test on Leaking Soyuz Spacecraft at Space Station – U.S. Spacewalk Postponed
NASA and Roscosmos continue to evaluate an external leak from the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module of the International Space Station…
NASA Successfully Launches Game-Changing SWOT Mission To Survey Earth’s Water
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, which is led by NASA and the French space agency CNES, will provide high-definition data on the…
One of the Most Powerful Ever Detected: Astronomers Determine the Source of a Rare Massive Gamma-Ray Burst
Scientists determine that a gamma-ray burst detected on Earth was caused by a space explosion that happened when the universe was less than 900 million…
Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) – Live NASA/SpaceX Launch Coverage
NASA has started live launch coverage of the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands poised for liftoff…
“Water Worlds” – Astronomers Discover That Two Exoplanets Are Unlike Any Planets in Our Solar System
Team of astronomers led by the University of Montreal (UdeM) find that two exoplanets may be mostly water. Astronomers have discovered evidence that two exoplanets…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Exploring Jupiter’s Inner Moons During Extended Mission
After revealing a trove of details about the Jovian moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io….
Engineers Assessing Soyuz Spacecraft Leak – Spacewalk Cancelled
During preparations for yesterday’s planned spacewalk by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, ground teams noticed significant leaking of an unknown substance from the…
Why Are Some Planets Surrounded by Rings?
Planets are surrounded by rings because they are made up of particles that orbit the planet. These particles can be made up of a variety…
New Theory Suggests That the Origin of Life on Earth-Like Planets Is Likely
According to a recent paper by a math professor at the University of Arkansas, the existence of life on Earth provides proof that abiogenesis is…
The Milky Way Is Mysteriously Rippling – Scientists Might Finally Know Why
Using data from the Gaia satellite telescope, a team headed by Lund University researchers in Sweden discovered that large parts of the Milky Way’s outer…
