Credit: NASA The two small moons of Mars, Phobos (about 22km in diameter) and Deimos (about 13km in diameter), have been puzzling scientists for decades, with their origin remaining a…
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Hubble captures a cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope can resolve individual stars in the densely-packed cores of globular clusters like NGC 2210. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Sarajedini This striking Hubble Space Telescope image…
Asteroid will pass in front of bright star Betelgeuse to produce a rare eclipse visible to millions
This image made with the Hubble Space Telescope and released by NASA on Aug. 10, 2020 shows the star Alpha Orionis, or Betelgeuse, a red supergiant. The star, one of…
Scholars say it’s time to declare a new epoch on the moon, the ‘Lunar Anthropocene’
a) Crater formed by impact of USA’s Ranger 6 lunar probe in 1964 (b) USA’s Apollo 13 Saturn IVB upper stage impact site from 1970; (c) Israel’s Beresheet Moon lander…
New Dark Matter Theory Explains Two Puzzles in Astrophysics
Dark matter may be more vibrant than previously thought, UC Riverside study reports. Thought to make up 85% of matter in the universe, dark matter is nonluminous and its nature…
China scores a big win in race with US for influence on the moon
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain China notched a diplomatic victory in its race against the U.S. for influence in space, with Egypt agreeing to support Beijing’s plan for a proposed project…
Cradle of Possible Earth-like Planets Found in Harsh Environment
Planets like our Earth could form even in the harshest known star-forming environments, drenched by hard UV light from massive stars. That is the main result of analyses of new…
Digging Deeper to Find Life on Ocean Worlds
In February 2023, researchers from around the country gathered at a NASA-sponsored workshop to discuss the latest developments and a roadmap for a cryobot mission concept to drill through the…
Contract Secures Next Step for TRUTHS Climate Mission
Delegates from around 200 countries are convened at the United Nations COP28 summit in Dubai to assess the action they are taking to combat the climate crisis. With satellites fundamental…
