Astronomer and citizen scientists find gigantic planet hidden in plain sight
An astronomer and a group of eagle-eyed citizen scientists have discovered a giant gas planet hidden from view by typical stargazing tools.
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JJ Shavit
- Dec 29, 2021
Largest collection of free-floating planets found in the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered at least 70 new free-floating planets — planets that wander through space without a parent star.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 9, 2021
Researchers have identified the reason why Mars has no liquid water on its surface
Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 1, 2021
Killer asteroids abound. NASA is ready to do something about it
A chunk of rock and iron, which was 60 feet across, served as a violent reminder that Earth, bombarded daily with tons of space-going debris
JJ Shavit
- Nov 27, 2021
Scientists fling model stars at a virtual black hole to see who survives
Watch as eight stars skirt a black hole 1 million times the mass of the Sun in these supercomputer simulations.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 23, 2021
NASA to deflect asteroid in first-ever test of 'planetary defense'
NASA plans to crash a spacecraft traveling at a speed of 15,000 miles per hour into an asteroid next year to test 'planetary defense'.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 11, 2021
'Eggshell Planets' -- Earth-like exoplanets orbiting distant stars
Planets known as eggshell planets, which orbit distant stars, have ultra-thin crusts too thin to sustain tectonics and are hostile to life.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 9, 2021
Hunting for alien planets with a new solar telescope
Thousands of alien worlds are known to orbit stars beyond our solar system. And many more worlds, possibly harboring life.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 8, 2021
To find life on other planets, NASA rocket team looks to the stars
A NASA sounding rocket will observe a nearby star to learn how starlight affects the atmospheres of exoplanets in the hunt for life.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 7, 2021
Rocky planets orbiting nearby stars contain rocks not found anywhere in our Solar System
Studying the atmospheres of white dwarfs that have been “polluted” by such debris, researchers have identified exotic rock types.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 7, 2021
A small telescope past Saturn could solve mysteries of the universe
Dozens of space-based telescopes operate near Earth and provide incredible images of the universe. Imagine a telescope in the outer system.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 5, 2021
NASA to deflect asteroid in test of 'planetary defense'
NASA plans to crash a spacecraft traveling at a speed of 15,000 miles per hour into an asteroid next year in a test of "planetary defense".
JJ Shavit
- Nov 3, 2021
Scientists discover the reason why Mars has no liquid water on its surface
Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 30, 2021
NASA's Juno offers first 3D view of Jupiter's atmosphere
New findings from NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet's distinctive and colorful cloud processes.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 30, 2021
A Mars colony could be a hydrogen factory, providing propellant for the inner solar system
Mars is a potential source of what is sure to be one of the most valuable elements in the space economy—hydrogen.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 28, 2021
Making Martian rocket biofuel on Mars
Researchers have developed a concept that would make rocket fuel on Mars, that could be used to launch future astronauts back to Earth.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 28, 2021
Scientists measure the atmosphere of a planet 340 light-years away
Researchers from Chile directly measure the amount of both water and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of a planet in another solar system.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 26, 2021
Astronomers discover infant planet
One of the youngest planets ever found around a distant infant star has been discovered by an international team of scientists.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 25, 2021
Astronomers may have discovered the first planet outside of our galaxy
A planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time by the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 21, 2021
Scientists discover the reason why Mars has no liquid water on its surface today
Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.
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