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NASA launches special mission to study Earth's mysterious "halo"
NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory has taken flight, and will soon start a two-year mission to study Earth's mysterious "halo".
Science history: DART, humanity’s first-ever asteroid deflection mission, punches a space rock in the face — Sept. 26, 2022
On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, and raised hopes that a space rock could be deflected from a collision course with Earth.
Artemis Program: NASA's plan to send humans back to the moon
Basic information about the Artemis program's Space Launch System and Orion capsule.
Scientists shocked to find rare 'Einstein cross' with a surprise in its center
An image of a distant galaxy warped by a cosmic magnifying glass reveals a massive blob of dark matter hiding in plain sight.
The James Webb telescope may have discovered a brand new class of cosmic object: the black hole star
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered an extreme version of "little red dots" dubbed "The Cliff." Its light suggests that it could be a never-before-seen class of objects called a "black hole star."
Scientists spot a baby planet being born in real time (photo)
Astronomers have spotted telltale signs of a new planet actively growing out of the fog of gas and dust that surrounds it.
'City killer' asteroid could be nuked before close encounter with the moon
The potential 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of hitting the moon in 2032. In a new paper, scientists probe the logistics of destroying it — possibly with nuclear weapons — before it comes too close.
'Completely unexplained': James Webb telescope finds strange 'dark beads' in Saturn's atmosphere
The beads appear above a swirling hexagonal jet stream at the gas giant's north pole, and could emerge from interactions between its magnetosphere and atmosphere.