Uranus may have looked strange when NASA’s Voyager 2 flew by
Some of the apparent quirks of Uranus may be due to bad timing. In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew […]
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A first look at the rocks from the far side of the moon creates a volcanic mystery
The first samples from the far side of the moon contain signs of surprising volcanic activity near the lunar south
Mars’ potato-shaped moons may be the remains of a shattered asteroid
The moons of Mars may be the remnants of an asteroid with a rogue star that came too close to
What would it take to protect the world from an asteroid?
How to kill an asteroidRobin George AndrewsWW Norton & Co., $29.99 The dinosaurs met a gruesome death at the hands
A pair of spacecraft will fly in formation to create artificial solar eclipses
A pair of spacecraft just launched to create hundreds of artificial solar eclipses in orbit. The European Space Agency’s mission,
Astronomers see the astrosphere of a sun-like star for the first time
BOSTON – For the first time, astronomers have captured an image of an astrosphere around a sun-like star. This bubble
Space missions entered the solar system in 2024
From monitoring Mercury to embarking on a new adventure on an icy moon of Jupiter, spacecraft and astronauts made great