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Mysterious 'ghostly' shadows larger than planet Earth reappeared on Saturn's rings. NASA says it expects even more to appear soon.
NASA's Hubble telescope spotted mysterious spots on Saturn's rings that scientists have puzzled ove…
Jessica Orwig
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5 planets will align this week. Here's when, where, and how to see the alignment of Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus, and Mercury.
Here's how to see five planets align. The rare planetary parade of Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus…
Chris Panella,Jessica Orwig
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NASA's Webb Telescope spots a water plume twice the length of the US, spewing from a Saturn moon that could host alien life
Gigantic plumes of ocean water are spraying out of Enceladus at a rate of 79 gallons a second, crea…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Morgan Mc…
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Netflix's hit sci-fi series '3 Body Problem' is based on a real math problem that is so complex it's impossible to solve
The three-body problem is a question in physics that deals with planets and stars. It's considered …
Jenny McGrath
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Starship's 3rd-launch success: Rocket finally soared to space without blowing up, but SpaceX lost it on reentry
SpaceX's Starship rocket successfully reached space on its third launch attempt, but it lost commun…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mariann…
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The Voyager spacecraft will probably last a billion years, says a scientist on the mission for nearly 5 decades
The Voyager spacecraft will run out of fuel soon, but a longtime mission scientist says they may co…
Jenny McGrath
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James Webb Space Telescope reveals one of the most mysterious worlds in the universe might have a volcanic moon
Mysterious brown dwarfs are neither planets nor stars, but this one somehow has northern lights, me…
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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NASA is slowly powering down the Voyager probes. Here are 18 groundbreaking photos from their 45-year mission.
NASA originally sent the twin probes on a four-year mission to Jupiter and Saturn in 1977; they exc…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA is slowly powering down the Voyager probes. Here are 18 groundbreaking photos from their 45-year mission.
But now, they face a terminal problem: their power is running out, and NASA scientists are starting…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA hopes to get the Voyager spacecraft to their 50th anniversary with clever engineering and difficult choices
Voyager 1 and 2 have traveled deeper into space than any human-made objects. NASA hopes they'll sta…
Jenny McGrath
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Saturn's gravitational pull shredded an ancient moon, creating its iconic rings and unusual tilt, new research suggests
One of Saturn's icy moons may have been ripped apart 160 million years ago, a new study suggests. T…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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SpaceX rockets are burning bright red holes in Earth's atmosphere and they're becoming too common for astronomers' comfort
SpaceX rockets are punching more holes in Earth's ionosphere. The effects are minimal since they're…
Maiya Focht,Lloyd Lee
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Astronomers discover whirling electric winds at Saturn's north pole, solving a decades-old NASA mystery
Saturn's aurora borealis, unlike auroras on other planets, is driven by a powerful weather system. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Saturn's 'Death Star' moon may have a secret ocean, revealing a new category of worlds that could host alien life
One of Saturn's smallest moons wasn't a candidate for alien life. But if Mimas has an ocean, it cou…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured photos of cyclones, changing colors, and seasons on 4 distant planets
NASA's most powerful space telescope peers across the solar system to spy new storms on Jupiter and…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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4 experts explain why Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars is 'romanticized', not 'realistic', 'cosmic vandalism'
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he plans to have a million people on Mars by 2050. Scientists say tha…
Maiya Focht
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Elon Musk, eat your heart out: A new spaceflight startup wants to use a wild new technology to cut the time it takes to fly to Mars in half
UK-based aerospace company Pulsar Fusion is hoping to have a new rocket by the end of the decade th…