One of the fastest spacecraft ever built—NASA's New Horizons—is hurtling through the void at nearly one million miles per day. Launched in 2006, it has been in flight longer than some missions last, and it is nearing ...
Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2014
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Led by San Francisco State University astronomer Stephen Kane, a team of researchers has spotted an extrasolar planet about 117 light-years from earth that boasts the most eccentric orbit yet seen.
Astronomy
Mar 18, 2016
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An asteroid discovery algorithm—designed to uncover near-Earth asteroids for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's upcoming 10-year survey of the night sky—has identified its first "potentially hazardous" asteroid, a term for ...
Astronomy
Jul 31, 2023
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The farthest object ever explored is slowly revealing its secrets, as scientists piece together the puzzles of Ultima Thule – the Kuiper Belt object NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past on New Year's Day, four billion ...
Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2019
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Stargazers across the globe will get a great view of Jupiter come Monday night, weather permitting.
Astronomy
Sep 23, 2022
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Comet 46P/Wirtanen was releasing an unusual amount of alcohol as it made its historic flyby of Earth two and a half years ago. That's one of the findings from the latest published study comet detectives conducted after observing ...
Planetary Sciences
Jun 30, 2021
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A NASA spaceship is zooming toward the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever photographed by humankind, a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule some four billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away.
Space Exploration
Dec 31, 2018
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A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Dec 3, 2020
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Get ready for a rare double feature, starring our very own moon.
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2015
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The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best pictures yet of our newest interstellar visitor.
Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2019
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