Unwrapping Uranus and its icy secrets: What NASA would learn from a mission to a wild world
Unvisited by spacecraft for more than 35 years, Uranus inhabits one of the least explored regions of our solar system.
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What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2023
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2023.
The Peregrine Lunar Lander is set to launch on Dec 24. Here's what it'll bring to the moon
There will be 20 total payloads being brought to the moon, five of which are NASA's.
This 'forbidden' exoplanet is way too massive for its star
"This discovery really drives home the point of just how little we know about the universe. We wouldn’t expect a planet this heavy around such a low-mass star to exist."
A mysterious river of gas flowing into the Milky Way has stars inside after all
For the first time since its discovery, scientists have found stars within the Magellanic Stream, a mighty river of hydrogen gas emanating from two small galaxies in the outskirts of the Milky Way.
Life as we know it may have its roots in an old, cold cosmic cloud
The discovery is another step along the road to showing that the stuff of life originally came to Earth from space.
China's Chang'e 5 moon samples, beyond NASA's reach for years, are finally available to US scientists
For the first time, NASA-funded researchers can apply for access to lunar samples collected by China's Chang'e-5 mission.
Scientists are devising ways to gaze past Earth's radio haze
Radio signals in Earth's orbit can create noise in astronomy data. Scientists are planning a workaround that'll be available to researchers for free.
300 gamma-ray-blasting neutron stars found in massive haul — and some are 'spider pulsars'
Astronomers have discovered around 300 new gamma-ray-blasting pulsars, including several "spider pulsars" that devour the companion stars like black widows.
Curious double moon discovered orbiting asteroid 'Dinky' now has a name
Asteroid Dinkinesh, target No. 1 on Lucy's journey, turned out to be not one, but two (technically three) space rocks put together. Scientists finally gave its satellite a name.
Hubble Space Telescope is in safe mode — but scientists aren't too worried
The Hubble Space Telescope has entered an automatic safe mode due to gyroscope difficulties, but scientists aren't worried about the observatory's health.
Asteroid Phaethon's mysterious tail may finally have an explanation
Spectral analysis of the mystery asteroid Phaethon reveals its composition at last.
Our solar system's planets aren't weird after all. Exoplanets have tilted orbits, too
All solar system planets circle our sun with slightly tilted orbits — and a new study shows even distant planetary systems in quiet neighborhoods have orbital tilts, too.
Big blob of hot water in Pacific may be making El Niño act weirdly
El Niño is in full swing and will likely remain "strong" this winter, but its effect on weather patterns in the U.S. depends on the behavior of an unusually warm blob in the western Pacific, experts say.
Earth-like planets may form even in harsh environments, James Webb Space Telescope finds
The James Webb Space Telescope has found water and organic carbon molecules in the vicinity of a massive, active young star.
Satellites watch world's largest iceberg break away from Antarctica (photos)
The world's largest iceberg, known as A23a, has broken loose and is moving past the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula in new satellite images from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.
Scientists just found a planet-forming disk beyond our Milky Way for the 1st time — yes, they're thrilled
Astronomers have spotted an accretion disk feeding matter to a young star and helping it grow in a galaxy outside the Milky Way for the first time.
This rare exoplanet system has 6 'sub-Neptunes' with mathematically perfect orbits
A newfound, and impressively well-maintained, planetary system full of sub-Neptunes could reveal why our solar system lacks such a world.
This Antarctic glacier dramatically retreated. Then, its ice shelf totally collapsed (satellite image)
This might indicate a "glaciological tipping point" on the Antarctic Peninsula, an important consideration as global warming continues to affect ocean temperatures.
