The unprecedented observations of comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák show its rotation slowing, reversing and then speeding up, and jet-like outbursts of gas might be providing the push.
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The powerful magnetic field belonging to the sun is generated far beneath the visible surface.
NASA released a new image of its next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope undertaking testing to simulate vibrations experienced during launch.
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Observations from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes reveal Saturn’s atmosphere and rings in the most detailed view created to date.
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A new catalog of potentially habitable exoplanets provides the framework for future observations in the search for alien life.
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Lightning on Jupiter may pack more than 100 times the power of Earth’s bolts, and may prove one million times stronger, a new study finds.
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Astronomers have discovered an additional 100 new worlds in data collected by NASA’s exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS, thanks to an innovative AI program.
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Europe’s Hera spacecraft has completed a major deep-space maneuver, setting it on course to rendezvous late this year with the asteroid system targeted by NASA’s DART mission back in 2022.
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Astronomers have used the XRISM X-ray spacecraft to discover a star being devoured by a stellar companion, solving a mystery that has baffled scientists for over 100 years.
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Astronomers have spotted two planets forming around a distant infant star, offering a time capsule into see what the solar system looked like billions of years ago.
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