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Exoplanets’ water hidden by clouds?
Hot Jupiters have masses like our Jupiter, but orbit their stars closely. They often have cloud or haze layers, which, a new study says, may hide atmospheric water.
June 18, 2016
Success! Mystery star to be monitored
Astronomers have raised $100,000 via Kickstarter to observe KIC 8462852, or Tabby’s Star, sometimes called the most mysterious star in the universe.
June 17, 2016
Earth has a new quasi-satellite
Asteroid 2016 HO3 is Earth's nearby companion in space. It's not a second moon, but it has an orbit so similar to ours that it'll remain nearby for hundreds of years.
June 16, 2016
Why your GPS twinkles
Radio signals twinkle much as stars do. This can have an effect on your GPS.
June 14, 2016
Measuring time in deep space
A scientist developing the Deep Space Atomic clock on why it’s key for future space missions.
June 14, 2016
Patterns in Mars’ seasonal dust storms
Dust lofted by Martian winds links directly to temperatures in Mars' atmosphere. The temps are key to finding the patterns of the storms.
June 14, 2016
Peering beneath Jupiter’s clouds, via radio
Astronomers used the Very Large Array in New Mexico to create a new radio map of Jupiter, revealing what lies deep below Jupiter's cloudtops.
June 10, 2016
Universe’s first life on diamond planets?
Astronomers propose a search for a theoretical kind of planet known as carbon planets, aka diamond planets. They say such planets might have been habitable.
June 9, 2016
Comet visible in binoculars, nearly closest
Comet C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) isn't visible to the eye, but binoculars can pick it up. Charts and other info that can help you spot the comet in the coming weeks!
June 9, 2016
Watch the Webb get its instruments
This new space telescope is expected to revolutionize our view of the cosmos, much as its predecessor the Hubble Space Telescope did.
June 9, 2016
