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Planetary Science & Exoplanets
Worlds near and far—atmospheres, habitability, and planetary formation.
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67 years ago, humans saw the far side of the Moon for the first time: How Luna 3 revealed a world hidden for billions of years- Moneycontrol.com
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (344+ words) For thousands of years, humans had looked up at the Moon but could see only one side of it. Why couldn't we see the other side? The Moon does not stay perfectly still as it travels around Earth, but there…...
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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Takes Its First Coronagraph Image, a Faint Star in a Neighboring Galaxy
8+ hour, 20+ min ago (923+ words) NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has taken its first observation with its Coronagraph Instrument, capturing a faint star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. NASA announced the milestone on Sept. 30 in a…...
The solar system may fall apart sooner after the Sun dies, study says
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (696+ words) A study accepted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters finds the giant planets could be thrown into chaos about a billion years after the Sun becomes a white dwarf. That’s billions of years away. Good news first: nothing is happening to…...
Next stop, Phobos: A bold new chapter after 50 years of Mars exploration
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1457+ words) The Agency coordinates civil space matters across government and supports the growth and transformation of Australia’s space industry. Space technologies and services – such as emergency management, weather forecasting, internet access and GPS – benefit all Australians. Find out all the ways…...
Astronomy Discovery Center
6+ hour, 46+ min ago (392+ words) If you’re wondering what $53 million can get you these days, check out the open-air planetarium in the new 40,000-square-foot Astronomy Discovery Center at Lowell Observatory. Among other things, you might see the Andromeda galaxy, the Lagoon Nebula and the Pleiades…...
Vanishing Spectrometers: How Near-Infrared Instrumentation Got Small, Smart, and Everywhere
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (802+ words) The bulky bench-top NIR spectrometer is quietly being dismantled and rebuilt as a wafer-scale photonic chip, a self-calibrating algorithm, and a sensor small enough to ride in a shirt pocket. What once demanded a grating, a moving mirror, and a…...
The Solar System could die one billion times earlier than thought
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (126+ words) The Sun’s tumultuous death could spell the end of our Solar System one billion times sooner than previously thought1. Batygin, K., Fuller, J. & Adams, F. C. Astrophys. J. Lett. 1009, L22 (2026). Nobel physics prize awarded for detection of cosmic neutrinos News 06 OCT 26 A…...
Hybrid Worlds Are The Commonest Outcome Among The M-dwarf Sub-Neptunes Characterised With JWST
14+ hour, 57+ min ago (163+ words) [astro-ph.EP] The sub-Neptunes orbiting M dwarfs are usually assigned to one of two classes: rocky cores beneath primordial hydrogen, or volatile-rich bodies formed beyond the water-ice line. Bulk density cannot distinguish them, the two being degenerate in mass and…...
Curiosity Rover Catches A Stunning Martian Dawn
15+ hour, 4+ min ago (293+ words) [NASA] A newly released panorama captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover offers the most detailed view yet of distant, wind-carved Martian cliffs, highlighting features the mission’s scientists have long been waiting to see up close. The scene was snapped at 8:30 a....