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Hubble and Spitzer Team up to Find a Pair of Waterworld Exoplanets

By Matthew Williams - December 19, 2022 07:14 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Using data from Hubble and Spitzer, an international team has discovered two new waterworlds in one system.

Giant Exoplanet is Spiraling Inward to its Doom

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 19, 2022 05:57 PM UTC | Exoplanets

JWST Sees Furious Star Formation in a Stellar Nursery

By Evan Gough - December 19, 2022 02:10 PM UTC | Stars

Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Search for Warp Drive Signatures

By Matthew Williams - December 19, 2022 12:01 PM UTC | Physics

A new study shows how gravitational wave observatories could be used to search for technosignatures throughout the galaxy

Could Space-based Satellites Power Remote Mines?

By Andy Tomaswick - December 18, 2022 05:49 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Accident on the ISS, JWST Deep Field, Space Habitat Goes BANG!

By kuingul-gmail - December 17, 2022 12:37 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Aztecs Used an Extremely Accurate Solar Observatory to Manage Their Farming

By Matthew Williams - December 16, 2022 05:51 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A new study demonstrates how the Mexico (Aztecs) kept track of solar cycles to guide their agricultural practices

Are Planets Tidally Locked to Red Dwarfs Habitable? It's Complicated

By Evan Gough - December 16, 2022 05:13 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Juno has Been Touring Jupiter's Moons on its Extended Mission. Next Stop: Volcanic Io

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 16, 2022 04:19 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Avatars Return to the Movies — and Find a Real-Life Foothold

By Alan Boyle - December 15, 2022 10:06 PM UTC | Site News

NOAA's New Weather Satellite is Operational, and its Pictures of Earth are Gorgeous

By Evan Gough - December 15, 2022 06:46 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Earth's Water is 4.5 Billion Years Old

By Evan Gough - December 15, 2022 05:13 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A Soyuz Capsule on ISS is Leaking Coolant Into Space

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 15, 2022 03:26 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Here's a new Image of the Carina Nebula From Hubble

By Nancy Atkinson - December 15, 2022 03:20 PM UTC | Stars

Where are the Best Places to Land Humans on Mars?

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 15, 2022 02:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Watch a NASA Supercut of the Entire Artemis I Mission, From Launch to Landing

By Nancy Atkinson - December 15, 2022 01:56 PM UTC | Missions

Birds use Dynamic Soaring to Pick Up Velocity. We Could Use a Similar Trick to Go Interstellar

By Matthew Williams - December 15, 2022 01:37 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A new proposal for an interstellar mission shows how a solar sail could use the same technique birds do to pick up speed.

Sierra Space Inflated a Habitat to Destruction, Testing its Limits Before Going to Orbit

By Nancy Atkinson - December 15, 2022 11:27 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Rubble Pile Asteroids Might be the Best Places to Build Space Habitats

By Brian Koberlein - December 15, 2022 10:54 AM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study looks at the practicality of living in a common near-Earth asteroid

Could Life Survive on Frigid Exo-Earths? Maybe Under Ice Sheets

By Evan Gough - December 14, 2022 06:57 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Perseverance Heard a Dust Devil on Mars, and Now You Can Too

By Nancy Atkinson - December 14, 2022 01:16 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Oort Cloud Could Have More Rock Than Previously Believed

By Evan Gough - December 14, 2022 12:11 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Formation of the Southern Ring Nebula was Messier Than the Death of a Single Star

By Brian Koberlein - December 14, 2022 10:22 AM UTC | Stars

Astronomers have learned a planetary nebula had a much more complex origin than originally thought.

Hubble Sees a Glittering Jewel in the Small Magellanic Cloud. But the Jewel is Disappearing

By Evan Gough - December 13, 2022 04:18 PM UTC | Extragalactic

ESA's Upcoming Mission Will Tell us if Venus is Still Volcanically Active

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 13, 2022 04:06 PM UTC | Planetary Science

In Case you Missed it, Here are Some Amazing Pictures of Mars Hiding Behind the Moon

By Nancy Atkinson - December 13, 2022 03:27 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers Spot Three Interacting Systems with Twin Discs

By Matthew Williams - December 13, 2022 02:32 PM UTC | Stars

Using the SPHERE instrument on the ESO's Very Large Telescope, a team of astronomers observed how interaction between disks affects the evolution of planetaary systems.

How Growing Giant Planets Fight for Food

By Paul Sutter - December 13, 2022 02:06 PM UTC | Exoplanets

The Voids Closest to Us May Not be Entirely Empty

By Paul Sutter - December 13, 2022 01:20 PM UTC | Cosmology

We Have Ignition! Fusion Breakthrough Raises Hopes — and Questions

By Alan Boyle - December 13, 2022 12:26 PM UTC | Physics

Asteroids Didn't Create the Moon's Largest Craters. Left-Over Planetesimals Did

By Evan Gough - December 13, 2022 11:44 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Orion Splashes Down in the Pacific Ocean, Completing the Artemis I Mission

By Matthew Williams - December 12, 2022 10:35 PM UTC | Missions

The Artemis I mission has splashed down, ending its mission and validating the technology that will take astronauts back to the Moon.

Webb Completes its First "Deep Field" With Nine Days of Observing Time. What did it Find?

By Evan Gough - December 12, 2022 04:48 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Black Holes Shouldn't be Able to Merge, but Dozens of Mergers Have Been Detected. How Do They Do It?

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - December 12, 2022 02:28 PM UTC | Black Holes

Perhaps a Supervoid Doesn't Explain the Mysterious CMB Cold Spot

By Paul Sutter - December 12, 2022 02:07 PM UTC | Cosmology

A Black Hole has been Burping for 100 Million Years

By Evan Gough - December 12, 2022 11:44 AM UTC | Black Holes

Life on Proxima b Is Not Having a Good Time

By Paul Sutter - December 11, 2022 06:28 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A Supercomputer Climate Model is so Accurate it Predicted the Weather Patterns Seen in the Famous 1972 "Blue Marble" Image of Earth

By Andy Tomaswick - December 11, 2022 02:12 PM UTC | Planetary Science

This Interactive Tool Lets you Simulate Asteroid Impacts Anywhere on Earth

By Andy Tomaswick - December 11, 2022 12:43 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Will This be the Iconic Picture From Artemis I?

By Andy Tomaswick - December 11, 2022 11:47 AM UTC | Missions

To Fight Climate Change, We Could Block the Sun. A Lightweight Solar Sail Could Make it Feasible

By sjohnston - December 10, 2022 08:51 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Perseverance's Latest Sample is Just Crumbled Regolith. When Scientists get Their Hands on it, we'll Learn so Much About how to Live on Mars

By Andy Tomaswick - December 10, 2022 05:10 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Most Exoplanets Suffer Worse Space Weather Than We Do

By Paul Sutter - December 09, 2022 02:13 PM UTC | Exoplanets