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9h ago
Comet A3 and Earth have passed their closest point. But, early this week, we're crossing the plane of the comet's orbit. Some are seeing an anti-tail!
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EarthSky | Space
9h ago
A new NASA study of permanently shadowed regions near the lunar South Pole shows that there is a lot more water ice on the moon than previously thought.
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1d ago
New observations with the Hubble Space Telescope show that Jupiter's Great Red Spot wiggles like a bowl of gelatin. It squeezes in and out like a stress ball.
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3d ago
A black hole shredded one star and now, a few years later, the debris disk is pummeling another star. This second star flashes in X-ray every time it gets hit.
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4d ago
Imagine a sky full of stars as bright as a full moon. If we were in this super star cluster - called Westerlund 1 - that's what we might see.
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4d ago
Astronomers studying the debris that causes the Taurid meteor shower said it's unlikely there's a doomsday asteroid swarm hidden in the debris.
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6d ago
Europa Clipper is NASA's mission to explore the icy, ocean moon of Jupiter. Scientists want to know if life could exist in Europa's ocean.
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6d ago
Scientists in Germany have found more complex organics on Enceladus, the ocean moon of Saturn. Are they evidence for life?
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1w ago
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet orbiting a white dwarf star. Does this white dwarf exoplanet mean Earth could survive the death of the sun?
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1w ago
New observations by the Webb space telescope show that the giant exoplanet WASP-107 b has an asymmetric atmosphere between its western and eastern hemispheres.
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