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A star is born
Take 2 minutes to learn about the life and death of a planetary system in this new video from NASA.
December 26, 2018
Eureka! Astronomers find a Big Bang fossil
Only 2 other fossil clouds are known in our universe, and both were serendipitous discoveries. Then astronomers began searching for these rare relics, and found one!
December 23, 2018
The case of the vanishing exoplanet
Astronomers have found an exoplanet - the 2nd of its kind now - that is gradually "evaporating" as its hydrogen atmosphere leaks away into space.
December 23, 2018
Goodbye to Saturn’s rings
Scientists have long said that Saturn's glorious rings may be only temporary. New research confirms a "ring rain" onto Saturn that'll leave the planet ringless in 300 million years, or sooner.
December 19, 2018
Comet gives birth to baby bow shock
And a spacecraft sees it happen! Rosetta spacecraft data reveals an infant bow shock - similar to what forms at the bow of a ship - at the comet this craft explored for 2 years. It's the 1st seen forming anywhere in our solar system.
December 19, 2018
1st image from inside sun’s atmosphere
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has now swept within the sun's corona, or outer atmosphere.. No other spacecraft has ever come this close to the sun's surface! And, it's going to get closer.
December 18, 2018
Astronomers spy most distant solar system object yet
It's more than 100 times Earth's distance from our sun, and it takes 1,000 earthly years to orbit the sun once. Astronomers have labeled it 2018 VG18, but nicknamed it Farout!
December 17, 2018
Best photos of 2018’s Geminid meteor shower
The shower peaked late last week, but, with all the comet excitement going on, people didn't start submitting their best Geminid images until the weekend.
December 17, 2018
Juno mission to Jupiter at halfway point
On December 21, NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its 16th science pass over the cloud tops of Jupiter, marking the halfway point in the solar-powered spacecraft's prime mission.
December 17, 2018
Exoplanet’s helium atmosphere is inflated like a balloon
Astronomers have discovered that a Neptune-sized exoplanet - HAT-P-11b - has an even larger helium atmosphere than first thought. The atmosphere is literally inflated like a massive balloon.
December 16, 2018
