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Do magnetic tornadoes drive dark ovals on Jupiter?
Scientists have analyzed dark ovals that appear near the poles on Jupiter. They believe magnetic tornadoes higher in the atmosphere could stir up the haze.
December 1, 2024
Are Uranus and Neptune hiding oceans of water?
Uranus and Neptune might have deep water oceans beneath their thick atmospheres, with a carbon layer below them. Like oil and water, the two layers never mix.
November 29, 2024
Mysterious ‘UFO galaxies’ are big, red and really dusty
Astronomers using NASA's Webb space telescope have discovered "UFO galaxies". They are disk-shaped, bright red and unusually dusty.
November 28, 2024
Comets are icy balls of gas, dust and rock
Comets are diffuse balls of ice and dust orbiting the sun. They're sometimes visible in our skies. A comet's tail can stretch millions of miles across space.
November 28, 2024
The Sombrero Galaxy as you’ve never seen it before
The Webb Space Telescope has delivered a stunning view of the Sombrero galaxy, M104, in infrared. See it here and read more about it.
November 26, 2024
Europa Clipper en route and all systems go
Europa Clipper is on its way to explore Europa, the icy ocean moon of Jupiter. Deployment and testing of its instruments is underway and going smoothly.
November 26, 2024
Mars rover Curiosity heads for intriguing ‘spiderwebs’
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is ready to leave an ancient river channel it's been exploring. Next, it'll go to a geological formation resembling giant spiderwebs.
November 25, 2024
Are large asteroids hidden in this annual meteor shower?
Large asteroids hidden in the Taurid meteors could be a threat to Earth. One of them might be responsible for the 1908 Tunguska event.
November 24, 2024
Is this a volcanic exoplanet? Hints are in its atmosphere
L 98-59 d, a super-Earth 35 light-years away, may be a volcanic exoplanet. NASA's Webb Space Telescope has detected a possible sulfur-rich atmosphere.
November 24, 2024
The Milky Way isn’t the only galaxy: 100th anniversary
It was 100 years ago that Edwin Hubble showed, through observations and measurements of stars, that the Milky Way is only one galaxy of many in our universe.
November 24, 2024
