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This Distant Exoplanet is Melting Away and Leaving a Comet-like Tail
If we need more evidence that our Solar System is not representative of other solar systems,…
Dazzling Pictures Celebrate Hubble Space Telescope’s 35 Years in Orbit
This week brings the Hubble Space Telescope’s 35th birthday — but instead of getting presents, the…
Seeing the Waves that Make the Sun’s Corona So Hot
If you happen to be enjoying a sunny day, thank the bright surface of the Sun,…
Scientists Ask For Help Classifying Galaxies From the Cosmic Noon
Data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is coming in hot and heavy at this…
What Do Famous Astronomical Objects Look Like… in 3D?
A recent analysis gives us new views of key deep-sky objects. It’s a cosmic shame, that…
Chinese Engineers Used Gravitational Slingshots to Rescue a Pair of Satellites
On March 15th at 8:15 p.m. Beijing time (March 14th at 8:42 p.m. EDT; 5:42 p.m. PDT),…
Why Webb May Never Be Able to Find Evidence of Life on Another World
The exoplanet K2-18b is generating headlines because researchers announced what could be evidence of life on…
Jupiter’s Atmosphere is a Wild Place
The weather gets a little wild and weird on Jupiter. How wild? Spacecraft instruments have measured…