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A Guide to the Unearthly Oceans in Our Solar System

Liquid water is typically associated with planet Earth, but our solar system hosts surprisingly large volumes of the stuff.

By George Dvorsky Published May 4, 2023

Illustration: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick/M. Zamani

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This Star Ate Its Own Planet

The observations are a first for astronomy. Let's hope our Sun doesn't get any ideas.

By Isaac Schultz Published May 3, 2023

Illustration: ESO/L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser

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Ancient Gas Clouds Spotted by Astronomers May Be Remnants of First Stars

13.5-billion-year-old clouds are poor in iron, suggesting they precede the dissemination of heavier elements.

By Isaac Schultz Published May 3, 2023

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Grasp the Size of a Black Hole in This New NASA Animation

They're not called "supermassive" black holes for nothing, as a video from NASA illustrates.

By Kevin Hurler Published May 2, 2023

Image: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF; Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA

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‘Very Large’ Radio Telescope Array Will Scan for Alien Signals

The 27 radio antennae will look for technosignatures emitted by intelligent civilizations.

By Isaac Schultz Published May 2, 2023

Image: ILLUSTRATION: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI), Leah Hustak (STScI)

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This Piping-Hot Rocky World Looks Surprisingly Wet

Webb Telescope observations reveal water vapor near a distant exoplanet—but could the signal actually be coming from the star?

By Isaac Schultz Published May 1, 2023

Image: China National Space Administration

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Rover Spots Possible Evidence of Liquid Water on Modern Mars

Hydrated dunes suggest water can persist on some parts of the Martian surface, according to data from China's troubled Zhurong rover.

By Isaac Schultz Published April 28, 2023

Illustration: S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

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New Image of M87 Black Hole Shows a ‘Fluffier’ Ring and Its High-Speed Jet

A higher-resolution view is helping scientists understand the physics behind the strangest objects in the universe.

By Isaac Schultz Published April 26, 2023

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Galactic Collisions Could Be the Source of Quasars

The origins of these powerful objects have been a mystery since their discovery in the 1950s.

By Isaac Schultz Published April 26, 2023

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The Hope Probe Got an Unprecedented Look at a Mysterious Martian Moon

A close flyby of Deimos suggests it may not be a captured asteroid, as previously believed.

By Passant Rabie Published April 25, 2023

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Martian Core Revealed by Deep-Traveling Seismic Waves From Planet’s Far Side

A meteorite impact and a marsquake shed light on the Red Planet’s deepest recesses.

By Isaac Schultz Published April 24, 2023

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Building Telescopes on the Moon Could Transform Astronomy—And It’s Becoming an Achievable Goal

The Moon still has much to tell us about the early solar system. Encouragingly, it also has scientific value as a platform for observational astronomy.

Ian Crawford, The Conversation Published April 19, 2023

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Upgraded View of ‘Fuzzy’ Supermassive Black Hole Is a Shade More Menacing

Machine learning has boosted the resolution of an image produced by Event Horizon Telescope data captured six years ago.

By Isaac Schultz Published April 13, 2023

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New NASA Official Took Her Oath of Office on Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’

Dr. Makenzie Lystrup chose the iconic book, which was inspired by a 1990 photograph of Earth from space.

By Passant Rabie Published April 10, 2023

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, D. Milisavljevic (Purdue University), T. Temim (Princeton University), I. De Looze (UGent), J. DePasquale (STScI)

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See How Different This Supernova Looks to Webb Versus Hubble

Exploded stellar remnants 11,000 light-years away appear much more vivid in a new Webb telescope image.

By Isaac Schultz Published April 7, 2023

Image: Lunar and Planetary Institute/Paul Schenk/NASA/New Horizons

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See 14 Mind-Blowing Places in Our Solar System

The largest cliff in the solar system, a moon's disappearing island, and more.

By George Dvorsky Published March 29, 2023

Illustration: ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey, Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org), N. Bartmann

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Bent Light in Deep Space Reveals One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever Detected

A rare ‘ultramassive’ black hole, 30 billion times the mass of the Sun, is lurking in the cosmos.

By Isaac Schultz Published March 28, 2023

Image: ESA/XMM - Newton/M. Rigoselli (INAF)

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Astronomers Stunned by Brightest Gamma Ray Burst Ever Recorded

The astounding outburst came from a galaxy 2 billion light-years away. It's the "BOAT"—the brightest of all time.

By Isaac Schultz Published March 28, 2023

Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI), T. P. Greene (NASA Ames), T. Bell (BAERI), E. Ducrot (CEA), P. Lagage (CEA)

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Webb Telescope Reveals Nearby Exoplanet Has No Atmosphere

On TRAPPIST-1b, it's a sweltering 446 degrees Fahrenheit—but only on one side.

By Isaac Schultz Published March 27, 2023

Illustration: ILLUSTRATION: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

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Webb Telescope Spots a Planet With ‘Gritty’ Clouds Just 40 Light-Years Away

The world orbits two stars at once and has a 22-hour day.

By Isaac Schultz Published March 22, 2023

A Guide to the Unearthly Oceans in Our Solar System

This Star Ate Its Own Planet

Ancient Gas Clouds Spotted by Astronomers May Be Remnants of First Stars

Grasp the Size of a Black Hole in This New NASA Animation

‘Very Large’ Radio Telescope Array Will Scan for Alien Signals

This Piping-Hot Rocky World Looks Surprisingly Wet

Rover Spots Possible Evidence of Liquid Water on Modern Mars

New Image of M87 Black Hole Shows a ‘Fluffier’ Ring and Its High-Speed Jet

Galactic Collisions Could Be the Source of Quasars

The Hope Probe Got an Unprecedented Look at a Mysterious Martian Moon

Martian Core Revealed by Deep-Traveling Seismic Waves From Planet’s Far Side

Building Telescopes on the Moon Could Transform Astronomy—And It’s Becoming an Achievable Goal

Upgraded View of ‘Fuzzy’ Supermassive Black Hole Is a Shade More Menacing

New NASA Official Took Her Oath of Office on Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’

See How Different This Supernova Looks to Webb Versus Hubble

See 14 Mind-Blowing Places in Our Solar System

Bent Light in Deep Space Reveals One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever Detected

Astronomers Stunned by Brightest Gamma Ray Burst Ever Recorded

Webb Telescope Reveals Nearby Exoplanet Has No Atmosphere

Webb Telescope Spots a Planet With ‘Gritty’ Clouds Just 40 Light-Years Away

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