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TESS planet-hunter snaps 1st test image, swings by moon
How many unseen worlds orbit these stars? The TESS planet-hunter is designed to find nearby exoplanets, between 30 and 300 light-years away.
May 19, 2018
Wall-E and Eva set record, snag pic
The 1st-ever interplanetary CubeSats - nicknamed Wall-E and Eva - are now on their way to Mars. They set a new CubeSat distance record on May 8. Then Wall-E turned back and grabbed an image of the Earth and moon.
May 17, 2018
Meet the fastest-growing black hole
Because it sucks in so much gas, this black hole appears ultra-luminous. If it sat at the center of our Milky Way, we'd see it shining 10 times more brightly than a full moon.
May 16, 2018
Scientists discover a new type of magnetic event
They were working with spacecraft data, using a new technique to analyze it. They found a new type of magnetic event in the realm just beyond the boundary of Earth's magnetic field.
May 16, 2018
Very close asteroid encounter today
Asteroid 2010 WC9 will pass at about half the moon's distance, in one of the closest approaches ever observed of an asteroid of this size.
May 15, 2018
Are there geysers on Europa?
On Monday, scientists announced new evidence suggesting water vapor plumes on Jupiter's moon Europa. Could we send a spacecraft through one, to test whether Europa's liquid ocean - buried below its icy crust - might support life?
May 14, 2018
Is there life in the multiverse?
New research shows that life might be common throughout the multiverse ... if there is a multiverse.
May 14, 2018
Thousands of black holes near Milky Way center?
Astrophysicists found 12 possible black holes near the supermassive black hole at our Milky Way's heart. They could be the 1st known members of a black hole swarm.
May 14, 2018
Fly over a Mars crater
Fly over Mars' Neukum Crater, in this video based on images taken by ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft.
May 13, 2018
European Space Agency considers 3 new mission concepts
ESA considers a high-energy survey of the early universe, an infrared observatory to study the formation of stars, planets and galaxies, and a Venus orbiter.
May 12, 2018
