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Worlds near and far—atmospheres, habitability, and planetary formation.
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Solar system could collapse sooner than expected
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Hubble and Webb uncover 27 tiny Kuiper Belt worlds carrying ancient color fingerprints, with smaller bodies unexpectedly scarce
58+ min ago (711+ words) Using combined observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found 27 new trans-Neptunian objects that have been orbiting past Neptune in the Kuiper Belt. Their optical and infrared colors show that small TNOs preserve the…...
TAMIU to host free lecture on space science
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (183+ words) LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Texas A&M International University will host physicist Dr. Ralph L. McNutt Jr. for a free public lecture Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. The talk, Challenges and Opportunities in Space Science, will be held in the Recital Hall at the…...
How Will Water Flow on the Moon?
9+ hour, 48+ min ago (220+ words) For now at least, being on the Moon itself is almost a non-starter. So researchers have to come up with clever ways to run experiments in simulated lunar gravity. Traditional techniques like drop towers or parabolic arc flight offer a…...
Hubble Spots a Suspected Second-Generation Planet
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (262+ words) A paper describing the team's findings was published on October 5th in Nature Astronomy. Planetary systems typically form shortly after a new star is born, from leftover gas and dust that falls into a circumsolar accretion disk around it. This is…...
Last UW-Eau Claire planetarium shows before Phillips Hall closure
8+ hour, 20+ min ago (319+ words) WEAU EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - As many at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire are gearing up to move to the new Riverside Science Center, one professor is firing up the old projector for one last look at the stars. The…...
ESA Television - Videos - 2026 - 10 - Preparing for a first drive on Mars
2+ hour, 52+ min ago (108+ words) European Space Agency → European Space Agency Search and order online Preparing for a first drive on Mars - Title Preparing for a first drive on Mars Before Rosalind Franklin can explore Mars, it has to get off its lander. Engineers are…...
PLATO, ESA’s Newest Planet-Hunting Telescope, Aims To Find What We Have Missed So-Far: Earth’s Twin
4+ hour, 56+ min ago (744+ words) Space & Physics Editor Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Copy Editor & Staff Writer Josh has a degree in Biology from University College London, and specialises in animals,…...
NASA astronaut spots Moon-like rocks in Madagascar
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (614+ words) A NASA astronaut captured an ancient rock formation in Madagascar made of the same type of rock that covers much of the Moon's bright highlands. Today’s Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features an unusual circular rock formation…...
Looking for iron ore on Google Earth, a man found an impact crater that had never been mapped by science
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (893+ words) A geologist found an undiscovered meteorite crater in Western Australia on Google Earth in 2007. Later drilling confirmed its iron meteorite origin. In July 2007, geologist Arthur Hickman was scanning satellite images of Western Australia on Google Earth, looking for iron ore....