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TESS Finds a Super-Earth and two Mini-Neptunes in a Single System

By Matthew Williams - September 27, 2022 01:29 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A recent study based on TESS data has revealed a three-planet system (two mini-Neptunes and a Super-Earth) just over 200 light-years away.

This is the Last Thing DART saw as it Smashed Into its Asteroid Target

By Nancy Atkinson - September 27, 2022 12:42 PM UTC | Missions

Scientists in Antarctica Have Access to Starlink Now. It's Available on 7 Continents

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - September 27, 2022 01:33 AM UTC | Site News

Jupiter at Opposition 2022, Closest in 59 Years

By David Dickinson - September 26, 2022 09:53 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Be sure to observe Jupiter this week, during its finest apparition of a lifetime.

Chinese Companies are Planning to Offer Space Tourism Flights by 2025

By Matthew Williams - September 25, 2022 04:16 PM UTC | Space Exploration

China hopes to send passengers to space by 2025 as part of their plan to secure a part of the burgeoning "space tourism" market

Gravity Really Tangled up the Light From a Distant Quasar

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - September 25, 2022 02:57 PM UTC | Cosmology

Life can Thrive Around Even the Smallest Stars

By Brian Koberlein - September 25, 2022 12:02 PM UTC | Astrobiology

By simulating the light of small stars, we now know life can survive on planets orbiting them.

NASA's Juno To Skim the Surface of Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - September 24, 2022 05:50 PM UTC | Planetary Science

JWST's MIRI Issues, Newborn Quasar, Detecting Exoplanets with Lagrange Points

By kuingul-gmail - September 24, 2022 02:00 PM UTC | Exoplanets

The Moon's Poles Have "Wandered" Over Billions of Years

By Brian Koberlein - September 24, 2022 12:00 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers tracked the Moon's poles over billions of years.

Musk Suggests That Starship Will Probably Make an Orbital Flight in November

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - September 24, 2022 12:52 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Space Diamonds are Even Harder Than Earth Diamonds

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - September 23, 2022 11:43 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Webb Scans a Nearby Brown Dwarf and Finds it has Clouds Made of Sand

By Matthew Williams - September 23, 2022 01:04 PM UTC | Exoplanets

An international collaboration has used data from Webb to characterize a brown dwarf, and found clouds of sand in its atmosphere!

There's a Blob of Gas Orbiting Around the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - September 23, 2022 11:59 AM UTC | Milky Way

Axiom's Next Trip to the ISS Will Carry the First Saudi Woman in Space

By Alan Boyle - September 22, 2022 04:35 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The World's Ground Stations are Getting Ready to Watch a Spacecraft Crash Into an Asteroid Next Week!

By Matthew Williams - September 22, 2022 02:06 PM UTC | Missions

On Monday, Sept. 26th, the DART mission will collide with an asteroid to test a method of planetary defense. The even will be hosted live around the world!

Habitable Planets Will Most Likely be Cold, Dry "Pale Yellow Dots"

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - September 21, 2022 10:46 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Webb Turns its Infrared Gaze on Mars

By Matthew Williams - September 21, 2022 05:40 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The first Webb images of Mars were just released by the ESA, revealing spectra from the planet's atmosphere and what Mars looks like in infrared light

Neptune and Its Rings Glow in Webb Telescope's Portrait

By Alan Boyle - September 21, 2022 04:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science

It Appears That Enceladus is Even More Habitable Than we Thought

By Brian Koberlein - September 21, 2022 10:57 AM UTC | Astrobiology

It takes a watery world to support life as we know it, but it also takes a special bit extra.

Astronomy For Equity: Building Hope Through the Night Sky

By Nancy Atkinson - September 21, 2022 07:59 AM UTC | Site News

Uh oh, There's a Problem With one of Webb's Science Instruments

By kuingul-gmail - September 20, 2022 06:32 PM UTC | Telescopes

InSight Heard Four Meteoroids Crash Into Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - September 20, 2022 12:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Should Low Earth Orbit be a protected environmental ecosystem?

By cvers - September 20, 2022 11:04 AM UTC | Space Policy

Solar Orbiter Captures the First Ever Image of a Magnetic Solar Switchback on the Sun

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - September 19, 2022 09:43 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A New Shepard Exploded. Fortunately, There Wasn't Anyone on Board

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - September 19, 2022 08:55 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Astronomers Find a Sun-like Star Orbiting a Nearby Black Hole

By Matthew Williams - September 19, 2022 03:56 PM UTC | Black Holes

Using data from the Gaia Observatory, a team of astronomers has detected a Sun-like star that co-orbits with a dormant black hole.

Is Europe Building its Own Starship? Not Exactly

By kuingul-gmail - September 19, 2022 10:43 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Mars Might Have Been Covered in Lakes in the Ancient Past

By Matthew Williams - September 18, 2022 01:26 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New research by an international team of scientists indicates that Mars may have had far more ancient lakes on its surface, which could have drastic implications for finding life.