Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
SpaceX, NASA launch two missions to 'collect data' on galaxies, sun
NASA and SpaceX successfully launched their SPHEREx and PUNCH missions into orbit Tuesday night from Vandenberg Space Force ...
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Solar Orbiter ready for close encounter with Venus
The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with Venus so far. Today's flyby will be the first to significantly "tilt" the ...
Monarch butterfly public comment reopened to determine Endangered Species Act listing
The Trump administration is reopening public comment on a proposed rule that would list the monarch butterfly as threatened ...
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4 Rocky Worlds Found Orbiting Our Sun's Closest Single Star, And They're Tiny
Astronomers have been looking for exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star – the nearest solitary star to our Solar System, at just ...
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NASA’s newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginning ...
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Nasa launches Spherex and Punch to unravel Sun and stars
Both missions are heading to a Sun-synchronous orbit around Earth's poles, ensuring consistent orientation relative to the ...
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Dead Athena moon lander seen inside its crater grave from lunar orbit (photos)
This orientation prevented the lander's solar panels from capturing enough sunlight, and Intuitive Machines declared Athena ...
Study says climate change will even make Earth’s orbit a mess
Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the ...