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A new explanation for Jupiter’s shrinking Great Red Spot
Hubble image of Jupiter. Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center) and M.H. Wong…
Ground conditions can impact lunar swirls, study finds
The image on the right displays the center “eye” region of the Reiner Gamma swirl. Reiner…
Scientists unveil cosmic fingerprints of sulfur rings
Infrared spectrum of neutral S8. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50303-2 For the first time, a…
Exoplanet-hunting telescope to begin search for another Earth in 2026
An artist’s impression of the European Space Agency’s PLATO spacecraft. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab, Attribution (CC BY…
Observations detect a nearby hypervelocity stellar/substellar object
Forward modeling of the Keck/NIRES spectrum of J1249+3621 in the 1.10–1.19 µm (left), and 1.235–1.28 µm…
NASA cans lunar rover after spending $450 million building it
NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) assembled inside the cleanroom at the agency’s Johnson Space…
How NASA and SpaceX will bring down the space station when it’s retired
This photo provided by NASA, taken from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, shows the International Space…
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…
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…