View larger. | This star in the Omega Centauri globular cluster is the first astronomers have…
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Infectious microbes on Mars could become even more deadly
View larger. | An astronaut examines rocks on Mars in this artist’s concept. A new thesis…
Hidden planet found around nearby star Beta Pictoris
Astronomers have found a hidden planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. This star, 63 light-years away…
Titan and Pluto share same mysterious molecule: What is it?
View larger. | Pluto (left) and Saturn’s moon Titan (right) have something in common: an unknown…
Giant space mirror approved to test sunlight on demand
Reflect Orbital’s plans to have more than 50,000 satellites reflecting sunlight back to Earth could cause…
Warped spacetime reveals exoplanet far from its star
View larger. | Artist’s concept of Gaia23bra b, a super-Jupiter exoplanet that is 40,000 light-years away.…
Euclid finds the most ancient quasars in the universe so far
Artist’s concept of a quasar. Quasars are some of the most luminous events in the universe.…
Nearby super-Earth GJ 3378b may be a good candidate for life
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the nearby super-Earth planet GJ 3378b. It’s about twice the…
2 asteroid flybys yield new closeup images
The Japanese space agency (JAXA) just shared an image from the Hayabusa2 mission to asteroid Torifune.…
Opportunity left for Mars on July 7, 2003
NASA’s Mars exploration rover Opportunity took this dramatic image of its shadow on sol 180 (July…