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Published How icy outer solar system satellites may have formed - How Icy Outer Solar System Satellites May Have Formed


Beyond the orbit of the planet Neptune, there are a multitude of icy and rocky small bodies, smaller ...
Published Astronomers find first compelling evidence for a moon outside our solar system - Astronomers Find First Compelling Evidence for a Moon Outside Our Solar System


On the hunt for distant worlds, researchers have identified an exomoon candidate around the transiti...
Published Hunt for ninth planet reveals new extremely distant solar system objects - Hunt for Ninth Planet Reveals New Extremely Distant Solar System Objects



In the race to discover a proposed ninth planet in our Solar System, researchers have observed sever...
Published Tiny Neptune moon spotted by Hubble may have broken from larger moon - Tiny Neptune Moon Spotted by Hubble May Have Broken from Larger Moon


After several years of analysis, a team of planetary scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope...
Published From car engines to exoplanets - From Car Engines to Exoplanets: The Evolution of Technology and Science


Chemical models developed to help limit the emission of pollutants by car engines are being used to...
Published NASA's Lucy to fly past thousands of objects for Earth gravity assist - NASA's Lucy to Fly Past Thousands of Objects for Earth Gravity Assist


Mission engineers will track NASA's Lucy spacecraft nonstop as it prepares to swoop near Earth on Oc...
Published Composition of asteroid Phaethon



Asteroid Phaethon, which is five kilometers in diameter, has been puzzling researchers for a long ti...
Published Ravenous black hole consumes three Earths'-worth of star every time it passes


Massive burst of X-rays detected by astronomers indicates material three times the mass of Earth bur...
Published NASA, ULA launch Lucy Mission to ‘fossils’ of planet formation - NASA, ULA Launch Lucy Mission to ‘Fossils’ of Planet Formation


NASA's Lucy mission, the agency's first to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, launched from Cape Canaveral...
Published Training robots how to learn, make decisions on the fly



Mars rovers have teams of human experts on Earth telling them what to do. But robots on lander missi...
Published Juno peers deep into Jupiter’s colorful belts and zones - Juno Peers Deep into Jupiter’s Colorful Belts and Zones


A new study of data captured in orbit around Jupiter has revealed new insights into what's happening ...
Published Newly discovered carbon monoxide-runaway gap can help identify habitable exoplanets



A carbon monoxide (CO)-runaway gap identified in the atmospheres of Earth-like planets can help expa...
Published SwRI-led team finds evidence of hydration on Asteroid Psyche



Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have confirmed hydroxyl molecules on...
Published Most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy found



Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way gala...
Published Porosity of the moon's crust reveals bombardment history - Porosity of the Moon's Crust Reveals Bombardment History


Researchers find that, early in its history, the moon was highly porous, which was likely a result o...
Published Small collisions make big impact on Mercury's thin atmosphere - Small Collisions Make Big Impact on Mercury's Thin Atmosphere


Mercury, our smallest planetary neighbor, has very little to call an atmosphere, but it does have a...
Published Because you can't eat just one: Star will swallow two planets - Because You Can't Eat Just One: Star Will Swallow Two Planets


Two worlds orbiting a distant star are about to become a snack of cosmic proportions. Astronomers an ...
Published Solar events blocking Martian satellite signal pinpointed - Solar Events Blocking Martian Satellite Signal Pinpointed


In August of 2005, the Mars Express spacecraft was dutifully sending back data on the stratigraphy o...
Published Weather prediction models can also forecast satellite displacements



Researchers have found that modern weather models can accurately predict the energy that Earth emits...
Published New class of Mars quakes reveals daily meteorite strikes



An international team of researchers combine orbital imagery with seismological data from NASA's Mar ...