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3D map of giant galaxy M87 shows it’s potato-shaped
Scientists analyzed the motion of stars to make a new 3D map of giant galaxy M87. This map shows that the huge elliptical galaxy has a potato shape.
April 17, 2023
Is there a space race between the United States and China?
Is the U.S. in a space race with China? While both are actively expanding their presence in space and their goals for the moon, one country is still far ahead.
April 16, 2023
$25K reward offered for meteorite from daylight fireball
A museum is offering a $25,000 reward for a piece of a meteorite that fell on April 8, 2023 on the US-Canada border.
April 14, 2023
Neptune Trojans now seen as redder
Astronomers used a trio of telescopes to measure the "redness" of the Neptune Trojans, asteroids in Neptune's orbit. Turns out they're redder than expected.
April 11, 2023
A magnetic field on a nearby Earth-sized exoplanet?
For the 1st time, astronomers have detected a possible magnetic field on a rocky exoplanet similar in size to Earth, only 12 light-years away.
April 10, 2023
Bizarre star bridge links galaxy to runaway black hole
Scientists have identified a 200,000-light-years-long trail of young blue stars - a star bridge - linking a runaway black hole and the galaxy it's escaping.
April 7, 2023
Navigate a new Mars map of craters and volcanoes
A new Mars map mosaic lets scientists and the public alike zoom in on surface features on the red planet. Learn more about this interactive map here.
April 6, 2023
Alpha Centauri planets? TOLIMAN will search
Are there any habitable planets orbiting the 2 sun-like stars of Alpha Centauri? We don't know yet, but the TOLIMAN mission will search for them.
April 6, 2023
Giant exoplanet has 2 suns and swirling sand
NASA's Webb space telescope has detected swirling, gritty clouds of silicates and numerous molecules in the atmosphere of a giant exoplanet 40 light-years away.
April 5, 2023
Volcanoes on Venus … Wow! New map here
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have compiled a new global map of the known volcanoes on Venus ... All 85,000 of them.
April 4, 2023
