‘Dark comets’ could reveal how Earth got itsĀ oceans
This artist's impression shows a so-called dark comet in our solar system. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The water that makes up the ...
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Mars Express captures the beauty of a martian frostscape
Back to Article List The European orbiter captured a frozen landscape on the Red Planet. The intricate patterns and swirls ...
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How do spacecraft avoid collisions in the asteroid belt?
Back to Article List From the December 2024 issue The main belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter ...
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Smallest main-belt asteroids ever detected found in JWST data
Back to Article List MIT researchers have identified 138 near-Earth objects using a common astrophotography technique. NASAās James Webb Space ...
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A look back at NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over a decade
WISE, NEOWISEās predecessor mission, imaged the entire sky in the mid-infrared range. Credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech/UCLA The NASA project NEOWISE, which has ...
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Does dark matter affect our solar system?
Back to Article List From the December 2024 issue Dark matter does pervade the solar system like an invisible fog. ...
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Making Mars' Moons: Supercomputers Offer Ć¢ā¬ĖDisruptiveĆ¢ā¬ New Explanation – NASA
A NASA study using a series of supercomputer simulationsĀ revealsĀ a potential new solution to a longstanding Martian mystery: How did Mars ...
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How big is Earth's orbit around the Sun?
Back to Article List From the November 2024 issue EarthĆ¢ā¬s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse. ...
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How carbon dioxide glaciers gave Mars liquid water
This artist's impression shows a liquid water ocean on Mars, as the planet might have appeared some 4 billion years ...
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