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SDO peers into huge coronal hole
A NASA animation from May 17-19, 2016 shows a coronal hole in our sun's hot outer atmosphere, or corona. Should we be scared?
May 31, 2016
Four mini-Neptunes orbiting in lock step
For every three orbits of the outermost planet orbiting the star Kepler-223, the second planet orbits four times, the third six and the innermost eight.
May 30, 2016
Life ingredients in Rosetta’s comet
It's "the first unambiguous detection of glycine at a comet" and supports the theory that the building blocks for life came to Earth from outer space.
May 28, 2016
Is dark matter made of black holes?
What if if dark matter consisted of a population of black holes similar to those detected by LIGO last year? A new study analyzes this possibility.
May 28, 2016
Clues to birth of supermassive black holes
Astrophysicists have taken a major step forward in understanding how these monster black holes are born.
May 28, 2016
Best close-up of Pluto’s surface
The most detailed view of Pluto’s terrain you’ll see for a very long time, taken by the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015.
May 28, 2016
Solar storms key to life on Earth?
Energy from our young sun – 4 billion years ago - helped create molecules in Earth's atmosphere that allowed it to warm up enough to incubate life, says study.
May 25, 2016
Comets orbiting nearby sunlike star
Astronomers have found the first evidence of icy comets orbiting a sunlike star 160 light-years from Earth.
May 24, 2016
Ancient tsunamis on Mars?
A study suggests that 2 large meteorites hit Mars billions of years ago and triggered mega-tsunamis in Martian water oceans.
May 23, 2016
Is Europa’s ocean like Earth’s?
New research finds the ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa could have the necessary balance of chemicals for life, even without active volcanoes.
May 23, 2016
