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Scientists have discovered that a potentially habitable planet is having its atmosphere stripped, a process that may eventually render the world, Trappist-1e, inhospitable to life. The stripping appears to be caused by electric currents created as the …

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The James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared vision has transformed our view of a large, barred spiral galaxy, revealing its skeleton of dust illuminated by the glow of young stars. Visible-light images of NGC 1559, such as those taken by the Hubble Space …

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These small galaxies also vastly outnumbered larger galaxies in the infant universe, the scientists say, adding that it’s likely the realms supplied most of the energy needed for a process called cosmic reionization. Cosmic reionization was critical to the …

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Four new astronauts are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Friday as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. Comments (0). three white men and a black woman stand smiling wearing blue astronaut flight suits. the.

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“The three newly discovered moons are the faintest ever found around these two ice giant planets using ground-based telescopes,” said Scott S. Sheppard, astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, in a statement. “It took special image processing …

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The first clear images of the Odysseus robot on the surface of the Moon have just been released. They include a view of the American mission lying to one side, having broken a leg on touchdown. The spacecraft continued to work afterwards, however, …

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A NASA satellite almost got clobbered high above Earth this morning (Feb. 28). At 1:34 a.m. EST (0634 GMT), according to agency officials, the dead Russian spy satellite Cosmos 2221 zoomed uncomfortably close to a NASA craft dubbed TIMED that has been …

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Researchers are asking amateur astronomers to help photograph the broken tail of a comet on track to pass by Earth this spring. Comments (0). the black of space is filled with stars of varying size and brightness. near the.

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In the solar system’s dark hinterlands, well beyond the orbit of Pluto, lie Eris and Makemake—two primeval, Lilliputian icy worlds that see the sun as a diamantine speck. Each world’s surface temperature scarcely crests above absolute zero, and scientists …

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The asteroid zoomed by Earth at a perfectly safe distance of around 1.8 million miles (2.9 kilometers). Comments (0). eight grainy images of an oblong rock tumbling in space. A series of images showing asteroid 2008 OS7 tumbling past Earth on Feb.