
NASA's Dawn Mission Spies Ice Volcanoes on Ceres
"Cryovolcanism" and other curious features mark the dwarf planet as a surprisingly active and complex world
"Cryovolcanism" and other curious features mark the dwarf planet as a surprisingly active and complex world
A massive smoke cloud billows from Cape Canaveral
Scientists are investigating a signal from 94 light-years away that could have been created by aliens, but more likely results from an Earth-orbiting satellite or other contamination
The spacecraft's closest-ever swoop over Jupiter's clouds offers a new view of the giant planet's north pole
Six “astronauts” spent 12 months in a dome or wearing space suits on a barren volcano
A new study questions whether “habitable zone” planets can sweat off internal heat
Astronomers say ultradiffuse or “fluffy” Dragonfly 44 shouldn’t be able to hold itself together with so few stars
Challenges facing Elon Musk’s project include getting return-trip fuel from Martian resources
Evidence of additional mini outbursts leading up to the so-called classical nova provides the first direct evidence for the nova hibernation hypothesis, which suggests a cyclical evolution of such stars...
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is expected to return a pristine sample of the potentially hazardous space rock Bennu to Earth in September 2023
The private spaceflight company has landed its Falcon 9 rocket for the sixth time in the last eight months
For the first time, human beings will hear sounds from the Red Planet's surface
Jupiter's shadow makes this volcanic moon's atmosphere freeze solid once per day
Government approves robot mission for Moon Express, which wants to mine our satellite
A new study of cometary geology shows the objects are relics from the primordial solar system
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will reveal just how threatening this near-Earth asteroid could be
Hottest temperatures ever seen on the planet found above the gigantic storm
4,500-meter range pushes watery clouds upward in the strange “Fountain of Aphrodite” phenomenon
The most sensitive search yet for the mystery substance draws a blank after 20 months
One is likely 10 percent warmer than Earth, the other 6 percent cooler
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