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Jupiter-sized interstellar visitor may have reshaped our solar system
The team proposed that a single encounter with an object between two and fifty times the mass of Jupiter could explain the ...
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James Webb telescope spots more than 100 new asteroids between Jupiter and Mars — and some are heading toward Earth
Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Skywatch: Jupiter’s on the night shift
The planet named after the king of the gods in Roman mythology is visible all night long right now, rising in the east at ...
From Starship tests to Starliner woes, recapping the biggest spaceflight missions of 2024
Starliner astronauts got a much longer stay at ISS. SpaceX caught a rocket booster. Here's a look back at the most pivotal space missions from 2024.
A Tale of Four Worlds: Hubble’s Ten-Year Hunt for Secrets in the Outer Solar System
NASA and ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been observing the outer planets through a program called OPAL (Outer Planet ...
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Astro Bob: Jupiter leads band of winter luminaries
The winter stars are like that. They're bright, sparkly and arrive "from a distance" low on the eastern horizon and gradually ...
Marius, the man who named Jupiter’s Galilean moons
German astronomer Simon Marius is best remembered for his disputes with Galileo Galilei over priority for discovering Jupiter ...
NASA spacecraft spots hot lava on distant world Io
NASA's recent flybys of Io, however, reveal that it likely doesn't contain a global magma ocean beneath its surface, as ...
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Ocean world Ceres is full of organic matter that may support life
New research on Ceres reveals hidden organic materials, suggesting subsurface reservoirs and internal energy sources.
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Heart of Jovian moon's volcanic rage
Scientists with NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are each likely powered by their own chamber of roiling hot magma rather than an ocean of magma.
Jupiter’s ‘Tortured Moon’: Astronomers Uncover Surprising Source of Io’s Intense Volcanic Fury
Researchers from the Juno mission have finally solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for over four decades.
NASA’s New Discovery: Earth’s Oceans May Have Cosmic Origins
New research on Comet 67P indicates that its water may be similar to Earth's, contradicting earlier findings by Rosetta's ...