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Fermi has Found More than 300 Gamma-Ray Pulsars
In June 2008, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope began surveying the cosmos to study some…
Could Life Exist in Molecular Clouds?
Our search for life beyond Earth is still in its infancy. We’re focused on Mars and,…
The New Asteroid Moon Discovered by Lucy Just Got its Own Name
When NASA’s Lucy mission flew past asteroid Dinkinesh on November 1, 2023, it made the surprising…
Not Getting Enough Data From Mars? Set Up A Solar System Pony Express
Getting data in from deep space can be difficult. Almost all of our missions that have…
A Protoplanetary Disc Has Been Found… in Another Galaxy!
Astronomers have imaged dozens of protoplanetary discs around Milky Way stars, seeing them at all stages…
A Gamma-ray Burst Disturbed the Earth’s Ionosphere
You’d think that something happening billions of light-years away wouldn’t affect Earth, right? Well, in 2002,…
Should We Send Humans to Venus?
NASA is preparing to send humans back to the Moon with the Artemis missions in the…
Odyssey Gives Us a Cool New View of Mars
Chances are that you’ve seen images of Earth from space, thanks to the astronauts aboard the…
We Should Hit Peak Solar Activity Next Year
You may be familiar with the solar cycle that follows a 22 year process shifting from…