A small object beyond Pluto could have a thin atmosphere
The possible atmosphere around the 2002 XV93 would be a first for a small object beyond Pluto A small solar ...
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Uranus has strange rings. Astronomers now know the origin of two of them
THE rings around Uranus have mystified astronomers for nearly half a century. Now, through a combination of telescopic observations on ...
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A comet may have reversed its rotation and entered a death spiral
Gas escaping from Comet 41P likely slowed it to a stop and started spinning it in the other direction. For ...
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Private lunar lander challenges ideas about lunar volcanism
Blue Ghost's first measurements test long-held man-on-the-moon explanation The first measurements from a private spacecraft on the Moon could reopen ...
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NASA’s DART spacecraft changed an asteroid’s orbit around the sun
Studying this asteroid could help protect Earth from future asteroid strikes A spaceship slowed down orbit of a pair of ...
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Collision with Titan could link Saturn’s tilt, its moon Hyperion and its rings
The collision could also help explain why Saturn is no longer in sync with Neptune. Two of Saturn's satellites – ...
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A chemical ‘Goldilocks zone’ could limit which planets can support life
New research highlights tight chemical balance needed to preserve key nutrients The favorite fable of astronomers has just taken a ...
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Venus has a huge lava tube
The cave was discovered thanks to a new look at data from the 1990s from an orbiting radar. Hidden from ...
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Newly spotted asteroid spins faster than any asteroid of its size ever seen
The asteroid was found in the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory PHOENIX — A newly discovered asteroid ...
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