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Officially, Only the Sun Can Have Planets. Is it Time to Fix the Definition of “Planet”?
What is the true definition of a planet, and could there be a more refined definition…
Eternal sunrises, sunsets viewed on distant exoplanet
Exoplanets are worlds orbiting distant stars. Astronomer Néstor Espinoza of Space Telescope Science Institute spoke with…
NASA Stops Work on VIPER Moon Rover Due to Costs and Delays
NASA says it intends to discontinue development of its VIPER moon rover, due to cost increases…
Astronomers detect dozens of new pulsating white dwarfs
Light curves from sectors 46 (120s–cadence) and 63 (20s–cadence) for one of the newfound ZZ Cetis…
Neutron Star is Spraying Jets Like a Garden Sprinkler
X-ray binaries are some of the oddest ducks in the cosmic zoo and they attract attention…
Researchers reveal parsec-scale radio emission properties of dual AGNs by multi-phase-center VLBI observations
Naturally weighted VLBA 5 GHz images (side columns) and VLA C-band images (middle column) of the…
NASA STEM Program for Indigenous Communities Honored for Excellence
NASA has been selected by the International Astronautical Federation to receive its 2024 “3G” Diversity Award,…
Experimental Radar Technique Reveals the Composition of Titan’s Seas
The Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn generated so much data that giving it a definitive value is…
With six new exoplanets, 5,500 discovery milestone passed
NASA’s Exoplanet Archive confirmed four new worlds, bringing the total past 5,500.NASA/JPL-Caltech On Aug. 24, 2023,…