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It’s spoke season on Saturn!
Spoke season on Saturn comes in cycles centered on Saturn's equinoxes, which happen only about every 15 years. It's happening now!
February 13, 2023
Saturn’s moon Mimas might have an ocean
A new study suggests that Saturn's moon Mimas may have a subsurface ocean. If so, the "Death Star" moon would join other ocean moons in the outer solar system.
February 12, 2023
Dwarf planet Quaoar has a ring!
Scientists discovered that the dwarf planet Quaoar has a ring! It's far enough away from Quaoar that scientists would have expected it to form into a moon.
February 10, 2023
A new space junk catalog for moon missions
With more moon missions in the works, scientists are creating a space junk catalog to track debris between Earth and the moon.
February 9, 2023
Is a space junk disaster inevitable? Another close call
Two large pieces of Soviet-era space debris narrowly missed colliding in a space junk disaster on January 2023. Is a collision inevitable?
February 8, 2023
Smallest main-belt asteroid yet, for Webb
The Webb space telescope has detected a new 100-200-meter asteroid. It's roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum and is Webb's smallest main-belt asteroid yet.
February 7, 2023
The asteroid belt contains solar system remnants
The asteroid belt is a region of our solar system - between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter - where many small bodies orbit our sun.
February 7, 2023
Magnetar slowed down by a volcano-like eruption?
Astronomers say they think they know why a rapidly spinning magnetar slowed down suddenly in 2020. They say a powerful volcano-like eruption is to blame.
February 6, 2023
AI search for aliens yields 8 potential signals
An international team of scientists says that a sophisticated new AI search for aliens has already found 8 potential 'signals of interest' from 5 nearby stars.
February 5, 2023
Dinner on Mars will transform food on Earth
The technologies needed to plan for dinner on Mars will also help us transform how things are done here on Earth, where 1/3 of all food is thrown away.
February 3, 2023
