Scientists Unveil the Cosmic Conveyor Belt: The Epic Voyage of Carbon Across the Universe
Researchers have unveiled a cosmic cycle where carbon, created in the explosions of stars, travels through space via a ...
Full Wolf Moon Aligns With Mars, More Planetary Parades In GA Skies
The full wolf moon on Monday night will pass directly in front of Mars, combining with the star Pollux to create a stunning ...
'Kiss and capture': Scientists propose new explanation for Charon, Pluto's largest moon
Unlike Earth, where the Moon orbits the planet, Pluto and Charon orbit each other, forming a binary system that is more ...
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Pluto May Have Won Its Moon Charon with a ‘Kiss’
Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing ...
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If we want to live on other worlds, we’re going to need new clocks
Between NASA, other space agencies, and the commercial space sector, there are some truly ambitious plans for humanity’s ...
Pluto’s Weirdly Big Moon May Have Come From A ‘Kiss And Capture’
Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies ...
NASA's LEXI will provide X-ray vision of Earth's magnetosphere
A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis campaign, where it will capture the first global images ...
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You don't look a day over 4.35 billion! Here's the moon's anti-aging secret
The Moon has long been the Earth's close companion, but researchers have struggled to understand exactly when the moon formed, because tiny crystals in the moon rocks brought home by astronauts ...
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Private mission to moon to pave way for humanity's return to lunar surface
A private mission to the moon will launch next month to pave the way for humanity's return to the lunar surface. Ghost Riders in the Sky - the mission name chosen by US start-up Firefly Aerospace ...