Observed dayside brightness temperature of LHS 3844b (red; 1σ range), vs. the planet’s theoretical dayside equilibrium…
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NASA wants to come up with a new clock for the moon, where seconds tick away faster
The moon rises behind the Home Place clock tower in Prattville, Ala., Saturday, June 22, 2013.…
NASA collects ‘space debris’ that crashed into Florida man’s home
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain NASA said Tuesday it was analyzing an object that crashed from the…
Student cleans up archival data and uncovers two stellar cocoons
The NACO archive contains data on 57 young stars. Twenty stars had known dust disks or…
Study reports that age is the driving force in changing how stars move within galaxies
A comparison of a young (top) and old (bottom) galaxy observed as part of the SAMI…
Scientific expeditions don’t always go as planned
With most of the sun’s light blotted out, an eclipse lets astronomers see some of its…
Surprising facts and beliefs about eclipses from the medieval and Renaissance eras
The first page of De universo features a remarkably detailed illumination depicting the four elements of…
New research uses coaxial ‘dish’ antenna to scan for dark matter
A rendering of the BREAD design. The “Hershey’s Kiss”-shaped structure funnels potential dark matter signals to…
That starry night sky? It’s full of eclipses
An artist’s concept shows the TRAPPIST-1 planets as they might be seen from Earth using an…
Solar Orbiter prepared for ‘worst-case scenario’
Tracking sunspots up close. Credit: European Space Agency The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter is approaching the closest…