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Asteroid Bennu sample suggests an ocean world origin
Analysis of the asteroid Bennu sample delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission shows a type of rock mirroring that found at Earthly mid-ocean ridges.
June 28, 2024
Habitable exoplanets could exist around nearby stars
By measuring radiation levels, astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton satellite said some nearby stars could have habitable exoplanets.
June 28, 2024
Pillars of Creation visualized in multiwavelength 3D
NASA has released a new 3D visualization of the Pillars of Creation using data from NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes.
June 27, 2024
Star clusters found in the Cosmic Gems arc by Webb
Webb has discovered massive young star clusters in the Cosmic Gems arc. This can give astronomers insight on how galaxies and globular clusters formed.
June 26, 2024
Chang’e 6 moon mission returns 1st far side sample to Earth
Chinese moon mission Chang'e 6 brought to Earth the 1st sample of the far side ever taken on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. It reached the lunar surface on June 1.
June 26, 2024
Shorelines of Titan’s seas likely shaped by waves
Saturn's largest moon Titan has seas and lakes of liquid methane/ethane. A new study from MIT suggests the shorelines of Titan's seas are shaped by waves.
June 24, 2024
The End of Everything, LIVE, with Katie Mack
Join EarthSky's Deborah Byrd and theoretical cosmologist Katie Mack at 17:15 UTC (12:15 p.m. Central) on Monday, June 24, as they discuss the end of everything!
June 24, 2024
Did colliding dark matter shape the El Gordo galaxy cluster?
Analysis of El Gordo galaxy cluster's behavior suggests it might be a result of self-interacting dark matter. It may give insight into dark matter's nature.
June 21, 2024
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is 190 years old, scientists say
Scientists said Jupiter's Great Red Spot has persisted for around 190 years. They believe it's not the same storm astronomers saw on Jupiter in the 1600s.
June 19, 2024
1st pair of merging quasars seen at Cosmic Dawn
For the first time, scientists have discovered the most distant merging quasars yet - at the Cosmic Dawn - some 900 million years after the Big Bang.
June 18, 2024
