Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...
It’s Looking More Likely NASA Will Fly the Artemis II Mission
For now, it looks like NASA’s orange behemoth has a little life left in it. All the hardware for the Artemis II mission has ...
Exoplanet 'baby pictures' reveal exomoons possibly taking shape around infant worlds
Astronomers have examined infant planets orbiting a star 370 light-years away, seeing the exomoon forming disks of gas and ...
Venus is ready for its close-up: We explain its inferior conjunction
Even though Venus moves between the Earth and sun every 19.5 months, it becomes visible after sunset and before sunrise only ...
Venus to pass between Earth, sun during inferior conjunction. Will you be able to see it?
The orbit Venus takes around the sun results in an inferior conjunction as it transitions from appearing in the evening sky to the morning sky.
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We’re Not Going to Mars Anytime Soon—Despite What Musk Says
Elon Musk and Donald Trump have announced ambitious plans to send a mission to Mars in 2026 and 2028. It’s not going to ...
This Newly Found Exoplanet Is So Light, Scientists Don’t Know What It’s Made Of
Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...
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‘An Unlikely Coalition’ Failed to Expand Rooftop Solar in Wyoming. Lawmakers Plan to Try Again
Far-right lawmakers, ranchers, businesses and the state’s environmentalists argued rooftop solar saves people money and ...
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4 tiny, Earth-like planets found circling 2nd-closest star system to us — and could be visited by future human generations
A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in ...
Cosmic Breakthrough as Webb Detects Carbon Dioxide on Young Alien Planets
Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...
Several planets found orbiting star less than 6 light-years away
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...
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TOI-1453: Sub-Neptune in system of two exoplanets
Astronomers have discovered two exoplanets around TOI-1453, a star about 250 light years away. These two exoplanets, a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune, are common in the galaxy, yet are absent from our ...