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Don't miss Jupiter and the moon join up in the night sky this weekend
By Joe Rao published
Jupiter again teams up with the moon late Sunday night to put on an eye-catching show directly between Jupiter and the bright star Pollux, Gemini's brightest star.

Aging stars destroy their planets more often than we thought: What does this mean for Earth?
By Robert Lea published
"We expected to see this effect, but we were still surprised by just how efficient these stars seem to be at engulfing their close planets."

No, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hasn't 'changed color', scientist says
By Brett Tingley published
While media outlets have reported that curious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has changed color, the scientists behind a recent study say that isn't actually the case.

This company wants to be the 1st to launch human remains to Mars. Will it ever get there?
By Jeff Spry published
Space memorial company Celestis has opened reservations for its "Mars300" spaceflight that aims to send human remains to orbit around the Red Planet.

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io may be hundreds of times hotter than scientists thought
By Robert Lea published
NASA's Juno spacecraft has revealed that the solar system's most volcanic body is even hotter than scientists thought.

Heat leaking from Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus bolsters its case as an abode for life
By Keith Cooper published
Excess heat detected at Saturn moon Enceladus' north pole helps to account for a finely balanced energy budget that keeps the moon's ocean liquefied. What could this mean in the search for life?

FAA restricts commercial rocket launches indefinitely due to air traffic risks from government shutdown
By Josh Dinner published
The FAA hopes to alleviate some of the airline delays being caused by the government shutdown, and will restrict commercial space launches during peak air traffic hours.

JWST makes 1st-ever detection of complex organic molecules around star in galaxy beyond our Milky Way
By Keith Cooper published
The molecules are building blocks of the chemical precursors of things such as RNA.
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