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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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Jupiter’s on the night shift this season
The planet named after the king of the gods in Roman mythology, is visible all night long right now over Butler, rising in ...
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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.
New observations of the most volcanic world in our solar system solve a mystery that began with Voyager 1
Observations made of Jupiter’s moon Io during the Juno mission’s flybys helped astronomers confirm how and why Io became the most volcanic world in the solar system.
A New Predator Has Emerged From the Deepest, Darkest Part of the Ocean
The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and scientists think it could be an ecological haven. A new study describes a four ...
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The Heart Of The Solar System’s Most Volcanic World Is More Solid Than We Thought
If the planet has a liquid ocean underneath, its yellow crust caked in sulfur, it will be more squishable compared to a more ...
December Cold Moon: How to Watch the Last Full Moon of the Year
The December Cold Moon is due to light up the night skies this week. It will appear largest at 4:01 a.m. ET on Sunday, December 15, and marks the final full moon of the year. The Cold Moon is the name ...