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From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
Distant 'music' in outer space leads to new discovery 2,700 lightyears away
The Australian research could lead to new insights about which suns could support life on distant worlds. Find out more.
The Fermi Paradox: Where Are All the Aliens?
At a famous 1950 lunch among physicists, Enrico Fermi wondered, "Where are all the aliens?" How far have we come toward ...
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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: 'The instrument team nailed it'
This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...
NASA's SPHEREx space telescope releases its first images on mission to map millions of galaxies
SPHEREx will begin routine science operations in late April, NASA said. At that time, the space telescope will begin taking about 600 exposures a day. The observatory is capable of detecting infrared ...
'1 million to 1 billion years': NASA’s TESS telescope is decoding the age secrets of exoplanets
Comparing young and old exoplanets helps astronomers understand how planets form, evolve, and change over time.
NASA’s Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won’t hit Earth in 2032
NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit ...
The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers 2 galaxies forming breathtaking 'cosmic lens': Space photo of the day
The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.