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Io, one of Jupiter’s Jovian moons, is the most volcanic place in our entire Solar System. Over the last few years NASA’s Juno ...
Nasa's powerful James Webb Space Telescope is showing us something humankind has never witnessed firsthand before: The birth ...
For decades, astronomers believed our Solar System was a typical model of how planetary systems should form. But recent discoveries are reshaping that view, revealing that our cosmic neighborhood may ...
The field of science is a common setting for all sorts of debates and dialogues. Sometimes this kind of exchange of views has ...
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile recently captured rare footage of the visitor known as 3I/ATLAS — only the third interstellar object discovered. What’s more impressive: The observatory ...
Using the thermal equivalent of giving it a sharp whack, NASA repaired the camera of its Jupiter-orbiting Juno probe from 370 ...
Mars remains an evening fixture, Saturn is nearing opposition, and Venus and Jupiter meet in the predawn sky Aug. 12.
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggests we could use NASA's existing Juno spacecraft to intercept the path of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.
A top Harvard professor has issued a terrifying warning after spotting suspicious activity in space.
In this edition of WTOP’s monthly space feature, “What’s up in the sky?” Greg Redfern tells you how to see the moon, planets, stars and Perseid meteor shower.
The moon is new on August 23. Back in the evening sky, the thin crescent moon will pass three degrees south of Mars in the ...
There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...