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Looking Beyond Voyager 1 And 2
NASA has explored the space beyond Earth and our solar system with spacecraft like Voyagers 1 and 2, and how we’ve discovered thousands of exoplanets with space telescopes like Kepler and TESS. Credit ...
Scientists have long theorized that planets, including those in our solar system, form from interstellar dust and gas as it ...
NASA has discovered a new Super Earth, TOI‑1846 b, 154 light-years away, sending out a repeating signal. The planet is twice as wide and four times heavier than Earth.
In 2003, NASA-funded researchers spotted what was then the most distant object discovered in our Solar System. The dwarf planet, named Sedna after the Inuit goddess of the sea, was found over 12.9 ...
Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...
Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum and a team of researchers have discovered an object in space they call the "Infinity" ...
New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it could be more than 3 billion years older than the solar system.
A new analysis of exoplanets has shown interstellar contamination from nearby stars could change where to search for ...
The 'helicity barrier' has been directly confirmed, offering new insights into the heating and formation of the solar wind.
After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the interplanetary environment for two more years. But by the end of 1967, the spacecraft ...
A groundbreaking study led by UH researchers found out something about Uranus that had been a mystery since the 80s.
A new study led by University of Houston researchers, in collaboration with planetary scientists worldwide, suggests Uranus ...