Examining how stellar threats impact the habitable zone of exoplanets
When we think of exoplanets that may be able to support life, we home in on the habitable zone. A habitable zone is a region ...
Science Daily7h
Asteroid grains shed light on the outer solar system's origins
Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...
Interesting Engineering7h
Jeff Bezos vs Elon Musk: Who has the more compelling space vision?
Elon Musk aims to make life multiplanetary, but Jeff Bezos believes we should be building massive cylindrical space stations.
Smithsonian Magazine7h
This Stunning New Atlas Explores Humanity’s Ancient Relationship With Space and the Universe
Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...
NASA Jupiter Images Reveal Gas Giant in Spectacular Detail
Onboard Juno is its famed camera, dubbed "JunoCam." A two megapixel visible light camera, JunoCam is designed "to study the ...
Live Science12h
'Ridiculously smooth': James Webb telescope spies unusual pancake-like disk around nearby star Vega — and scientists can't explain it
The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming ...
Space.com13h
NASA's Parker Solar Probe to fly by Venus today before historic sun encounter
"We are basically almost landing on a star." Today, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will complete its seventh swing past Venus — ...
Looking Beyond Voyager 1 And 2
NASA has explored the space beyond Earth and our solar system with spacecraft like Voyagers 1 and 2, and how we’ve discovered ...
Dead Star Consumes Material From Planets In Hubble Data
Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy material, the ingredients of planets," according to NASA's Goddard Space ...
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NASA Narrows Down Moon Landing Sites List, Nine Areas Now in the Cards
American space agency NASA announced this week nine locations on the Moon that may become the actual landing site for the ...
One small step for a return: NASA selects possible sites for humans to land on the moon again
Artemis III will put astronauts on the moon for the first time in 50 years, including the first woman and person of color ...
Ice Hunt: How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Could Transform Moon Exploration
While scientists know there’s water on the Moon, its exact locations and forms remain largely unknown. A trailblazing NASA mission will get some answers. NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission, designed to ...