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Astronomers may have found a galaxy that formed without dark matter

Astronomers may have found a galaxy that formed without dark matter

By Leto Sapunar

On this blisteringly hot metal planet, a year lasts only 8 hours

On this blisteringly hot metal planet, a year lasts only 8 hours

By Leto Sapunar

NASA’s James Webb telescope will peer through the haze of other worlds

NASA’s James Webb telescope will peer through the haze of other worlds

By Leto Sapunar

The moon is pockmarked with craters, including holes made by rockets.

Pockets of frozen CO2 on the moon could fuel future space travel

By Leto Sapunar

illustration of a probe nearing the sun

The fastest human-made object vaporizes space dust on contact

By Leto Sapunar

Microbes could help us make rocket fuel on Mars

Microbes could help us make rocket fuel on Mars

By Leto Sapunar

A photo of the planet Jupiter.

Juno finally got close enough to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot to measure its depth

By Leto Sapunar

A newly discovered planet orbiting a dead star offers a glimpse of Earth’s future

A newly discovered planet orbiting a dead star offers a glimpse of Earth’s future

By Leto Sapunar

These strange radio signals might not be coming from stars

By Leto Sapunar

A wide-angle picture of the surface of the moon from the perspective of a lander spacecraft.

Scientists have new moon rocks for the first time in nearly 50 years

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An extremely wide-angle photo of a red, dusty surface, with a grey rock with two holes drilled into it.

First Martian rock samples from Perseverance edge closer to settling water question

By Leto Sapunar

An illustration of a blue, circular star with space matter circling around it in an accretion disk, plus beams of light shooting vertically out of the star.

This could be a brand new type of supernova

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A grayish orange plain of rocky terrain on Mars.

After a few hiccups, NASA’s Perseverance begins its main missions on Mars

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Sorry, there’s probably no water under the South Pole of Mars

Sorry, there’s probably no water under the South Pole of Mars

By Leto Sapunar

A blue-colored cliff on Mars.

Marsquakes reveal the red planet is way more radioactive than we thought

By Leto Sapunar

An artist's interpretation of the Europa Clipper spacecraft as it orbits Jupiter's frozen moon Europa.

NASA’s next Jupiter mission will hunt for life’s ingredients under Europa’s frozen shell

By Leto Sapunar

An image of the surface of Venus showing it's 'crustal blocks,' which are similar to but distinct from tectonic plates on Earth.

Jostling in Venus’ crust could reveal clues about Earth’s early geology

By Leto Sapunar

A close-up of Jupiter's moon Ganymede.

NASA’s Juno orbiter captured striking close-ups of Jupiter’s biggest moon

By Leto Sapunar

Two Zebro robots

‘Robot swarms’ could one day build underground shelters for humans on Mars

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The Mars Jezero crater

Life could be hiding deep under Mars

By Leto Sapunar

A chart comparing Earth to various exoplanets.

Why aren’t there more super Earth-sized exoplanets? Astronomers think they’ve figured it out.

By Leto Sapunar

A fissure in the Cerberus Fossae formation on Mars.

Mars may have had recent volcanic eruptions—which is great news for finding life

By Leto Sapunar

A man walks beneath a shooting star.

5,000 tons of ancient ‘extraterrestrial dust’ fall on Earth each year

By Leto Sapunar

Artist's impression of the DAEDALUS robot on the moon

Real-life BB-8 ‘hamster ball’ robot may one day map moon caves

By Leto Sapunar

This view of Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere from NASA’s Juno spacecraft includes several of the planet’s southern jet streams.

Researchers just measured Jupiter’s stratospheric winds for the first time—and they’re a doozy

By Leto Sapunar

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