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Webb spots giant asteroid collision in Beta Pictoris
NASA's Webb space telescope has found evidence of a giant asteroid collision that occurred in the Beta Pictoris star system only about 20 years ago.
June 17, 2024
Spotted! Water frost on Mars volcanoes for 1st time
For the 1st time, an orbiting spacecraft has detected water frost on Mars volcanoes. The daily amount of frost could fill 60 Olympic swimming pools.
June 16, 2024
Did Earth lose its protective bubble 2 million years ago?
About 2 million years ago, the solar system may have collided with a cold cloud of gas, shrinking the sun's protective bubble and exposing Earth to space.
June 14, 2024
Epic solar storm effects seen by Mars rovers
The sun lobs its particles into the solar system, and studying this space weather on Mars helps us understand what future astronauts might face there.
June 12, 2024
The last Milky Way galactic collision was a recent event
The Milky Way has collided with many other galaxies. The Gaia space telescope found the most recent galactic collision happened later than we thought.
June 11, 2024
Goodbye Vulcan: Real-life Star Trek exoplanet doesn’t exist
Astronomers thought there might be a real-life version of the famous Star Trek exoplanet Vulcan orbiting the star 40 Eridani A. But a new study says no.
June 9, 2024
Phoenix exoplanet’s puffy atmosphere survives red giant star
Astronomers have discovered a Neptune-sized world orbiting close to a red giant star. And surprisingly, the exoplanet's puffy atmosphere is still intact.
June 9, 2024
Webb finds most distant galaxy known so far
Astronomers using the Webb space telescope have discovered the most distant galaxy yet known. It existed 290 million years after the Big Bang.
June 4, 2024
Asteroid’s double moon points to a complex history
A new study of asteroid Dinkinesh and its moon Selam, based on data from the Lucy mission, shows a complex history of Dinkinesh and the asteroid's double moon.
June 4, 2024
New exoplanet catalog unveils 126 exotic worlds
A new NASA exoplanet catalog unveils 126 newly discovered worlds ranging from scorched wastelands to ones that may be able to support life.
June 2, 2024
