Earth’s Fall Equinox Ushers In Astronomical Autumn
During an equinox, places around the globe experience nearly equal amounts of daytime and nighttime. The second occurrence ...
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“Hellish Landscape” of Jupiter’s Moon Io Enhances Case for Life on the Planet’s Icy Moons
Cornell University astronomers studying Jupiter's moon Io say tidal heating may help support life in the oceans of Jupiter's ...
Tiny rainforest lizards leap into water and don’t come up when expected. Scientists now know why
This week, meet a “scuba-diving” lizard, marvel at a spacecraft’s longevity, explore hidden physics in a painting, unravel the origins of a “lost prince,” and more.
As spacecraft zooms to Venus, it peers back at humble Earth and the moon
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft, barreling through our solar system, recently used Earth's gravity to ...
NASA's flying to an ocean world. Its spacecraft is giant.
Planetary scientists are confident this moon of Jupiter harbors a deep ocean. A looming question is whether it hosts the ...
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Earth to get a mini-moon for two months, but what is it? | Space News
From late September until late November this year, a “mini-moon”, called 2024 PT5 by the astrologers who spotted it ...
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A space rock is about to become Earth's new 'mini-moon'
Earth is about to gain a new "mini-moon," but it won't stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, ...
Earth Might Have Had a Ring 466 Million Years Ago
Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a ...
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Sun Blasts Powerful X2-Class Solar Flare
Sunspot AR3229 erupted with an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...
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Exoplanets may be hiding behind the 'Neptunian ridge'
"We found an overdensity of planets in this region, indicating a sharp transition between the barren Neptunian Desert and the more populated Neptunian Savanna." ...