The Habitable Worlds Observatory Could See Lunar and Solar 'Exo-Eclipses'

By David Dickinson - May 21, 2024 05:29 AM UTC | Exoplanets

A future space observatory could use exo-eclipses to tease out exomoon populations.

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New Shepard's 25th Launch Carries Six to the Edge of Space and Back

By Andy Tomaswick - May 20, 2024 04:19 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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That Recent Solar Storm Was Detected Almost Three Kilometers Under the Ocean

By Matthew Williams - May 20, 2024 03:52 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

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More Evidence for the Gravitational Wave Background of the Universe

By mark-thompson - May 18, 2024 07:29 PM UTC | Cosmology

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When Uranus and Neptune Migrated, Three Icy Objects Were Crashing Into Them Every Hour!

By mark-thompson - May 18, 2024 06:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Astronomers Discover the Second-Lightest "Cotton Candy" Exoplanet to Date.

By Matthew Williams - May 18, 2024 06:04 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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Did Earth's Multicellular Life Depend on Plate Tectonics?

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 18, 2024 02:59 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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Hubble Sees a Brand New Triple Star System

By mark-thompson - May 17, 2024 07:12 PM UTC | Stars

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The Venerable Hubble Space Telescope Keeps Delivering

By Evan Gough - May 17, 2024 06:50 PM UTC | Telescopes

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The BepiColombo Mission To Mercury is Losing Power

By Evan Gough - May 17, 2024 03:32 PM UTC | Missions

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Astronauts Could Deploy Extra Arms to Stay Stable on the Moon

By mark-thompson - May 17, 2024 03:25 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Not All Black Holes are Ravenous Gluttons

By Evan Gough - May 17, 2024 01:50 PM UTC | Black Holes

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Webb Sees Black Holes Merging Near the Beginning of Time

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 16, 2024 11:50 PM UTC | Black Holes

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The Sun Hurls its Most Powerful Flare in a Decades

By mark-thompson - May 16, 2024 07:14 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

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Juno Reveals Secrets About Europa's Icy Surface

By mark-thompson - May 16, 2024 06:21 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Scientists Test for Quantum Gravity

By Andy Tomaswick - May 16, 2024 03:00 PM UTC | Physics

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New Photos Show Jupiter's Tiny Moon Amalthea

By David Dickinson - May 16, 2024 04:18 AM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA's Juno spacecraft spies a tiny inner moon of Jupiter, Amalthea.

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Linking Organic Molecules to Hydrothermal Vents on Enceladus

By Evan Gough - May 15, 2024 06:42 PM UTC | Astrobiology

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A Star Became 1,000 Times Brighter, and Now Astronomers Know Why

By Evan Gough - May 15, 2024 05:46 PM UTC | Stars

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Three of the Oldest Stars in the Universe Found Circling the Milky Way

By mark-thompson - May 15, 2024 10:12 AM UTC | Milky Way

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