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Moon’s south pole possible landing site
NASA hopes to send astronauts to the surface of the moon in 5 years, and has planned a landing site where no human has yet been: the lunar south pole.
April 18, 2019
The strange case of Mars’ disappearing methane
In 2013, in a big success story, a Mars rover and orbiter made a near-simultaneous observation of methane in Mars' atmosphere. Now a newer mission orbiting Mars - ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter - has failed to detect methane. Why?
April 17, 2019
Jumbo exoplanet discovered in double system with a dead star
The giant exoplanet - 13 times more massive than Jupiter - is the first yet found that orbits a binary star system in which 1 of the 2 stars is dead.
April 17, 2019
Another asteroid disintegrates over Russia
A bright meteor was caught in many dashcam videos - in broad daylight - on April 6, 2019, over the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk. See a video compilation here.
April 16, 2019
When and how it rains on the sun
Rain takes different forms on the planets and moons of our solar system. But it also "rains" on the sun, as electrified gas drips from giant magnetic loops in the sun's outer atmosphere. Read about the sun's coronal rain.
April 14, 2019
Black hole image confirms Einstein’s relativity theory
Einstein's theory was confirmed in 1919, when British astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington measured the bending of starlight around the sun during a total solar eclipse. And it's been re-confirmed since. How about now?
April 14, 2019
Vote to help name solar system’s largest unnamed body
2007 OR10 has one of the reddest surfaces ever found in our solar system's distant Kuiper Belt. Vote to help decide between 3 possible official names.
April 11, 2019
Iron volcano eruptions on metal asteroids?
New research suggests that volcanoes of molten iron might have erupted onto the surface of metallic asteroids.
April 11, 2019
Astronomers release 1st real black hole image
On April 10, in coordinated press conferences across the globe, researchers unveiled a history-making image - the 1st ever - of the "shadow" of a supermassive black hole.
April 10, 2019
Watch the Israeli moon landing April 11
Israel's Beresheet spacecraft will attempt the country's 1st-ever and 1st commercial landing on the moon on Thursday, April 11. The landing is expected between 19:00 and 20:00 UTC (2 to 3 p.m. CDT).
April 10, 2019
