Robots are already in space and benefiting humans, NASA says, even though (so far) we don’t have trusty R2-D2s by…
Planet Construction Sites Are Cleaner Than Predicted | Image + Artist Animation
So-called Super-Jupiters apparently clean up after themselves. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) reveals cavities in the disc surrounding 4…
NASA’s Seeking Astronauts. Do You Have The Right Stuff?
Less than one percent of applicants make the cut. But there’s more than one way in — just ask these…
Cassini Closes in on Enceladus, One Last Time
A thrilling chapter in solar system exploration will soon conclude, as NASA’s Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft makes its final close flyby…
Studies of Recent and Ancient Nepal Quakes Yield Surprises
The Gorkha, Nepal earthquake in 2015 triggered far fewer landslides and much less damage to glacial lakes than expected; while…
Cassini Closes in on Enceladus, One Last Time
A thrilling chapter in the exploration of the solar system will soon conclude, as Cassini makes its final close flyby…
EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd
All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Wednesdays at 11 a.m. ET (1600 UTC). Or…
Soyuz Arrives at Station 50 Years After 1st Space Rendezvous by Gemini
Fifty years ago, two spacecraft met in orbit, achieving the first-ever rendezvous between piloted vehicles. On Dec. 15, two more…
Nearby star hosts closest alien planet in the ‘habitable zone’
UNSW Australia astronomers have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet found outside our solar system so far, orbiting a star…
Monster planet is ‘dancing with the stars’
A team made up almost entirely of current and former Carnegie scientists has discovered a highly unusual planetary system comprised…
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