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Globe at Night asks you to help study light pollution
Participate in the March campaign for Globe at Night by looking at Orion and reporting how many of its stars you can see.
March 11, 2023
Round sand dunes on Mars puzzle scientists
NASA has just released a new photo, taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, of intriguing round sand dunes on Mars. How did they form?
March 10, 2023
Exploring Mars caves, leaving ‘breadcrumbs’
Researchers have developed a "breadcrumb" system that small autonomous robot rovers might use in exploring Mars caves and lava tubes.
March 10, 2023
A (hypothetical) planet to end life on Earth
Could a super-Earth end life on Earth? Computer simulations suggest that such a world - orbiting between Mars and Jupiter - would be bad news for Earth.
March 9, 2023
Sunrays on Mars, captured by Curiosity
NASA's Curiosity rover has captured our 1st clear image of crepuscular rays or sunrays on Mars. The rover also caught cloud iridescence on Mars.
March 8, 2023
Watch DART asteroid impact in Hubble movie
NASA has released a new Hubble movie of the DART asteroid impact from September 26, 2022. The sequence of images shows the impact and resulting spray of debris.
March 6, 2023
Satellites are photobombing Hubble
A new study shows satellites are photobombing Hubble more and more often, ruining observations and negatively impacting science.
March 5, 2023
Finding life on Mars requires more powerful tools
An international team of scientists says that finding conclusive evidence of life on Mars will require better tools than those on the current rovers.
March 3, 2023
Icy moons’ puzzling features may be due to salty ice
Researchers at the University of Washington have created new forms of salty ice hydrates. They might explain unusual surface markings on icy moons like Europa.
March 2, 2023
59 new exoplanets discovered around nearby stars
Astronomers have discovered 59 new exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars. Twelve are potentially habitable. They all lie within 65 light-years of our sun.
February 28, 2023
