Lucy to Study Trojan Asteroids
The NASA mission to study Trojan Asteroids takes its name from the fossilized human ancestor (called “Lucy” by her discoverers), whose skeleton provided unique insight into
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Superhighway through our Solar System discovered
Scientists discovered a superhighway through our Solar System that can lead to much faster space travel.
Europa glows in the dark
Radiation from Jupiter makes its moon Europa, to glow.
NASA’s New Poster for the Europa Clipper Mission
We are on the cusp of exploring what may be the best place in our solar system to look for life beyond Earth. That place is Jupiter’s
A Secret Saltwater Reservoir on Dwarf Planet Ceres discovered
The saltwater reservoir just discovered on Dwarf Planet Ceres, is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) deep and hundreds of miles wide.
Psyche- Mission to an Asteroid
An electric Hall thruster, identical to those that will be used to propel the Psyche spacecraft, undergoes testing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Cassini may explain Saturn’s Atmospheric mystery
Data from NASA’s Cassini may explain Saturn’s atmospheric mystery. New mapping of the giant planet’s upper atmosphere reveals likely reason why it’s so hot.
Discovery of a Doomed Planet
This hot jupiter exoplanet is doomed. Hot jupiters are giant planets like Jupiter that orbit much closer to their parent stars than Mercury does to our Sun.
‘Full Cold Moon’ on 12/12 at 12:12am EST
The ‘full cold moon’ of December, the final one of this decade, arrives tonight just 12 minutes after midnight EST.
The Complex Birth of Binary Stars captured for the first time
High-resolution images of a young stellar binary system revealed for the first time.