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InSight falls silent, NASA declares mission end
NASA’s InSight falls silent and then failed to communicate. So, NASA declared the InSight mission over. InSight revealed secrets about the interior of Mars.
December 23, 2022
Top 10 stories of 2022 from EarthSky
The top 10 stories of 2022 is a review of what we’ve learned in the past year from our home planet, Earth, out to the vast universe. See the top 10 here.
December 20, 2022
Biggest marsquake detected is record-breaker
Researchers released new details about the largest marsquake recorded so far. At magnitude 4.7, it was 5 times stronger than the previous largest known quake.
December 20, 2022
1st TRAPPIST-1 results from Webb Space Telescope
Researchers announced results from Webb's 1st glimpse of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet system, which contains 7 Earth-sized worlds, several potentially habitable.
December 17, 2022
Did Viking 1 land on debris from an ancient megatsunami?
An international team of researchers said that when NASA's Viking 1 lander touched down on Mars in 1976, it landed near an ancient megatsunami deposit.
December 16, 2022
Enceladus’ ocean even more habitable than thought
NASA-supported researchers say that Enceladus' ocean is moderately alkaline like Earth's oceans, increasing the possibility of life existing in that dark abyss.
December 15, 2022
More evidence Mars is still volcanically alive
Researchers at the University of Arizona have found a massive plume of hot rock below the surface of Mars, showing that the planet is still volcanically active.
December 12, 2022
Splashdown! Artemis 1 Orion returns from its trip around the moon
The uncrewed Orion moonship has traveled around the moon and returned safely to Earth. The Artemis 1 splashdown was in the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2022.
December 11, 2022
Peekaboo Galaxy emerges from behind a star
The Peekaboo Galaxy, discovered after emerging from behind a fast-moving star, has an extremely low amount of metal. Read more about it here.
December 11, 2022
Ghostly light in galaxy clusters revealed by Webb
The Webb has now been used to study the ghostly light in galaxy clusters - the light of stars wandering in intergalactic space.
December 8, 2022
