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Barnard’s Star Finally Has a Planet, and Possibly More
In the last few years, astronomers have discovered three small rocks circling Proxima Centauri, part of a triplet star system ...
It's the 10-year anniversary of the first image of a human-made object touching a 4.6 billion-year-old comet
On November 12 2014, Philae – the lander of the spacecraft Rosetta of the European Space Agency (ESA) – landed on a comet for ...
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Solar System’s True Center Isn’t the Sun, Animation Shows
It’s commonly known that the Sun is the center of our solar system, with all the planets orbiting around it. However, this ...
Trump picks fracking company CEO Chris Wright as next Department of Energy secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named Chris Wright, the CEO of Denver-based fracking company Liberty Energy, as his ...
NASA’s only visit to Uranus happened during a rare cosmic occurrence
This week, revisit what you know about Uranus, explore the far side of the moon, rediscover the famed fossil known as Lucy, and meet an otherworldly sea creature.
How Old Is the Solar System, and How Did It Form?
Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...
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Opinion: Uranus was having a bad hair day. Hey, it was the '80s!
Scientists are reconsidering old information about Uranus. NPR's Scott Simon explains the problem with photos taken of the ...
NASA spacecraft captures stunning new images of Jupiter
NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back new, eye-catching images of Jupiter, capturing intricate views of the planet's turbulent atmosphere as well as one of its lesser-known moons. On Oct. 23, the ...