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Pluto’s giant ice volcanoes may still be erupting
Unusual large icy domes on Pluto's surface are likely giant ice volcanoes where water ice "lava" flowed, researchers say.
April 3, 2022
Background glow of the universe is oddly bright
Astronomers say the universe's background glow is strangely twice as bright as thought. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made the unexpected discovery.
April 3, 2022
Yuri’s Night: World Space Party – a time to celebrate
Yuri Gagarin's space flight is remembered in Yuri's Night celebrations. This Russian pilot was the first man to fly into orbit, in 1961.
April 1, 2022
Most distant star yet seen spied by Hubble
Astronomers have found the most distant star yet, thanks to rare alignment with a lensing galaxy cluster. They've nicknamed the star Earendel.
March 31, 2022
SpaceX’s Starship faces more delays, as Dragon production ends
SpaceX might be a step closer to moving its Super Heavy Project (SpaceX's Starship heavy launch vehicle) to Florida, after yet another delay.
March 30, 2022
Asteroid Ryugu harbors life’s building blocks
Researchers discovered an abundance of organic materials, including amino acids, in samples brought back to Earth from asteroid Ryugu.
March 27, 2022
Perseverance rover sprints to Martian delta
NASA's Perseverance rover is heading to an ancient river delta on Mars in record time, thanks to an advanced navigation system using artificial intelligence.
March 26, 2022
Whoa! Another asteroid whizzes past Earth hours after discovery
Krisztián Sárneczky, the same astronomer who discovered 2022 EB5, discovered another asteroid just hours before it flew so close to Earth that it dipped into our shadow.
March 25, 2022
Odd radio circles perplex astronomers
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory released a new image of ORCs on March 22, 2022. ORCs are odd radio circles in space.
March 23, 2022
NASA confirms 5000 exoplanets in cosmic milestone
NASA/JPL announced on March 21, 2022, that the count of confirmed planets beyond our solar stands just over 5000 exoplanets, a 30-year journey of discovery.
March 22, 2022
