When 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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Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have made the first direct geometric measurement …
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Space
Can Life Survive a Star’s Death? The James Webb Space Telescope Will Explore
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen stars like our Sun die, all that remains is an exposed core — a white dwarf. A …
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Infrared Eyes on Enceladus: Hints of Fresh Ice in Northern Hemisphere
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesNew composite images made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft are the most detailed global infrared views ever produced of …
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Webb Telescope Will Study Jupiter, Its Rings, and 2 Intriguing Moons
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesJupiter, named for the king of the ancient Roman gods, commands its own mini-version of our solar system …
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Our solar system has one habitable planet — Earth. A new study shows other stars could have as …
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Secret Life of Lithium in Sun-like Stars: Created, Not Just Destroyed
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesLithium is becoming common in our everyday lives. It is the key ingredient in the batteries of our …
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Over the course of 182 days, the eROSITA X-ray telescope has completed its first full sweep of the …
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The aliens came on Oct. 19, 2017. That was the day telescopes picked up a strange object with …