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Astronomers spy a nearby, blazing hot super-Earth
Most exoplanets orbiting close to their stars don't have atmospheres. But Gliese 486b - orbiting a red dwarf star only 24 light-years away - does. It's close enough to see well. Astronomers will be watching it!
March 4, 2021
Watch ISS spacewalk March 5
On Friday, March 5, two astronauts will perform the 2nd in a pair of International Space Station spacewalks to ready the station for solar array upgrades. How to watch live.
March 4, 2021
NASA selects 16 futuristic space technology concepts
NASA has selected 16 cool new futuristic space technology concepts for further study. Four of them are from NASA's own Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), including a railway system on the moon to move cargo.
March 2, 2021
Did you find the message hidden in Perseverance’s parachute?
The striped pattern on the parachute used by the Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a hidden message. Internet sleuths were able to figure it out within a few hours.
February 27, 2021
Cosmic ray originated in cataclysmic event
Astronomers found a high energy neutrino - a cosmic ray - that apparently originated during a "tidal disruption event," that is, when a supermassive black hole shredded a distant star.
February 27, 2021
Parker Solar Probe captures a glimpse of Venus
The Parker Solar Probe turned its camera on Venus as the spacecraft flew by during a gravity assist.
February 27, 2021
Evidence for white dwarfs consuming Earth-like worlds
For the first time, astronomers have detected the vaporized remains of the crusts of long-dead Earth-like and Mars-like planets in the atmospheres of white dwarf stars.
February 26, 2021
Water worlds may be abundant in our galaxy
A new study suggests that our Milky Way galaxy is filled with planets like Earth, containing continents and oceans. If so, life might be common in the Milky Way.
February 26, 2021
Why does this galaxy look older than its years?
To the extent that we can see them, galaxies in the very early universe should look relatively young and unformed. But galaxy ALESS 073.1 is a surprise to astronomers: it looks more mature than we'd have any reason to expect. Why?
February 25, 2021
‘Earth wind’ may generate water on the moon
Particles carried from Earth's poles via our planet's magnetosphere could be interacting with lunar rocks to create small quantities of water on the moon.
February 25, 2021
