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Saturn’s moon Titan has Earth-like weather powered by methane. New observations reveal rising clouds and rare molecules.
The world's most famous telescope is celebrating in style with new views of Mars, nebulas and a galaxy that reminds us of home ... Gauzy clouds make Mars look like a frosty marble.
During a recent space storm simulation, the Earth was hit by the biggest geomagnetic storm in 20 years, helping NASA predict ...
What does the "typical" exosolar system look like ... than Earth is to the Sun. Even the most distant object discovered by the Kepler mission orbits is only about as distant as Mars.
The infrastructure of humanity's journey into space may only be decades old, but some of it has already been lost. Now, ...
Located 124 light-years from Earth ... "trivial" for the telescope, Madhusudhan said. —If life can exist in your stomach, it can exist on Mars. Here's what it might look like.
Astronomers are using powerful space telescopes to look for molecular indicators of biology in the atmospheres of the most Earth-like of ... much closer to home, on the planet Mars.
Does covering ... closer to home. With entrepreneurs launching celebrities into space and talking about Mars colonies, do you think space exploration will change? What people like Elon Musk ...
Billionaire and two-time traveler to space Jared Isaacman could soon get the full Senate’s attention for his nomination by ...
As I write these words Monday, it looks like ... color of Mars because the planet has faded greatly from its fine display a few months ago. You definitely will need binoculars or a telescope ...
When Elon Musk’s engineers bundled a batch of prototype satellites into a rocket’s nose cone six years ago, there were fewer ...
A Cape Cod astronomer is tracking T Coronae Borealis, a star system that's expected to go nova soon. Here’s what you need to ...