Mars once had oceans but is now bone-dry, leaving many to wonder how the water was lost. University …
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On Oct. 29, mission operators sent a series of commands to NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft for the first time since …
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An international team of planetary scientists, led by astronomers at AOP, have found an asteroid trailing behind Mars …
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Thanks to new research using data from the Kepler space telescope, it’s estimated that there could be as …
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Captured on Oct. 20, 2020, during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this series of images shows …
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To understand the significance of the Spitzer Space Telescope in the understanding of our Solar System, think of …
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‘Echo Mapping’ in Faraway Galaxies Could Measure Vast Cosmic Distances
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen you look up at the night sky at the galaxies, how do you know whether the specks …
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An international team of researchers has found that some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, …
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Hubble Data Suggests an Ingredient Is Missing From Current Dark Matter Theories
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesDark matter is the invisible glue that keeps stars, dust, and gas together in a galaxy. This mysterious …
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Where No Spacecraft Has Gone Before: Close Encounter With Binary Asteroids
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesCU Boulder and Lockheed Martin will lead a new space mission to capture the first-ever closeup look at …