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The planet Jupiter hosts more than 100 moons with the majority of attention going to the four...
Universe Today
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At least once in our lives, we’ve all seen a bright streak of light briefly blaze across...
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When a meteoroid hits the Moon’s surface, it does more than just dig up a little dirt....
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NASA’s newest eye on the sky, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, has begun its journey to...
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How do scientists know the mass of the Universe? Measuring it has traditionally relied on knowing how...
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Those little dust grains that fall to Earth during meteor showers or end up as part of...
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The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, launched in 2004 to study gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), has vastly outlived its...
Welcome back to our series on Interstellar Travel, where we look at the many proposals made for...
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Since the dawn of human space exploration, astronauts, scientists, and engineers have examined the short- and long-term...
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One of the primary objectives of space exploration that often gets overlooked is the intense effort that...
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Observing comets is tricky. They’re easier to see when they’re closer to the Sun, but proximity to...
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It’s no secret that spending time in space takes a toll on the human body. Thanks to...
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There’s some misunderstanding among the public at large in regards to what a scientific theory is. They’re...
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One of the JWST’s main jobs is studying planets forming in the disks around young stars. These...
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The latest Swedish-led search for technosignatures in the form of Dyson Spheres has again come up empty-handed....
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When we think of weather forecasts, we instinctively think of weather on Earth like rain or shine....
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Some of the strangest weather in the solar system doesn’t happen on Earth, or even Jupiter’s Great...
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A recent Copernicus Sentinel-1 image shows that a 76 sq km chunk ice broke away from one...
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Understanding the formation and evolution of galactic centers is a major challenge facing astrophysicists. For some time,...
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Mass transfer between stars isn’t rare. Most stars, including massive ones, are born in binary pairs, and...