The observations offer a unique glimpse into the inner workings of an emerging planetary system, said the University of ...

ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured footage of the Mars' moon Deimos pass in front of Ganymede, Europa, Jupiter, Io and ...

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Venus: Venus dazzles in the eastern sky before sunrise, shining brightly for a couple of hours each morning. It’s joined by ...

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Once again, Elon Musk is front-page news across the world - but this time, the disruption is not about electric cars or space travel. It is about American politics. After months of visible friction ...

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NASA has discovered the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, but the icy snowball object poses ...

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With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.