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The asteroid belt contains solar system remnants
The asteroid belt is a region of our solar system - between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter - where many small bodies orbit our sun.
February 7, 2023
Magnetar slowed down by a volcano-like eruption?
Astronomers say they think they know why a rapidly spinning magnetar slowed down suddenly in 2020. They say a powerful volcano-like eruption is to blame.
February 6, 2023
AI search for aliens yields 8 potential signals
An international team of scientists says that a sophisticated new AI search for aliens has already found 8 potential 'signals of interest' from 5 nearby stars.
February 5, 2023
Dinner on Mars will transform food on Earth
The technologies needed to plan for dinner on Mars will also help us transform how things are done here on Earth, where 1/3 of all food is thrown away.
February 3, 2023
Webb discovers ices in a dark molecular cloud
NASA's Webb discovers ices: The new space telescope has found a wide variety of frozen molecules in a dark molecular cloud 360 light-years away.
February 3, 2023
Webb observes Chariklo’s rings during occultation
NASA's Webb telescope took its 1st look at tiny asteroid Chariklo's rings, showing they contain water ice. Webb used a stellar occultation to observe the rings.
February 3, 2023
See the mysterious spiral over Hawaii observatory
Astronomers using the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, captured a mysterious spiral in the night sky. Watch the video here.
February 2, 2023
Watch exoplanets orbit their star in new video
You can watch 4 exoplanets orbit their home star in this new video from Jason Wang of Northwestern University. See the video here.
February 1, 2023
New Milky Way survey reveals billions of objects
Astronomers at NOIRLab, using the Dark Energy Camera in Chile, have released a new Milky Way survey showing billions of objects in the galactic plane.
January 27, 2023
Rubble pile asteroids are hard to destroy
Scientists discovered that rubble pile asteroids have been around since the beginning of the solar system and are very hard to destroy. Read more.
January 26, 2023
