Tag: Planets/Moons

A step in the search for life elsewhere in the galaxyCredit: Artist image by Eric Lundin; Z firing photo by ...

EMIRS will provide a unique view of the lower and middle atmosphere of the planet, measuring the distribution of dust ...

The IBeA research group of the University of the Basque Country has proposed a method that can be used to ...

Credit: NASA PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- At some point between 300 million and 1 billion years ago, a large cosmic object ...

The high schoolers turned scientists published their findings this week, thanks to a research mentorship program at the Center for ...

An image of Venus compiled using data from the Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974. In September, a team led by ...

Credit: © ESO Musical notes that sound pleasant together can form a harmony. These notes are usually in a special ...

This marks the second time astronomers have ever observed a cloud-free exoplanetCredit: M. Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian ...

Rice-led study shows two distinct origins of life-essential element in present-day planetCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech HOUSTON - (Jan. 21, 2021) - Where ...

Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, M. Kornmesser. The core mass of the giant exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than what was thought ...

Dark Energy Survey releases catalog of 700 million objectsElliptical galaxies are generally characterized by their relatively smooth appearance when compared ...

Credit: NAOJ On December 10, 2020 (Hawai?i Standard Time), the Subaru Telescope imaged the small asteroid 1998 KY26, the target ...

Credit: Left image: Predictive Science Inc.; © 2020. All rights reserved. On Dec. 14, 2020, the Moon's shadow raced across ...

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and L.A. Sromovsky and P.M. Fry (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Astronomers ...

Credit: © University of Bern, Illustration: Thibaut Roger Star-forming processes sometimes create mysterious astronomical objects called brown dwarfs, which are ...

Astronomers confirm bound orbit for planet far from its star, showing that far-flung planets existCredit: NASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble) ...

UC Riverside-led team looks back to find life beyondCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech UC Riverside is leading one of the NASA Astrobiology Program's ...

What causes the weathering of the Mars moon Phobos? Results from TU Wien give new insights, soon a spacecraft will ...

Credit: Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge A unique stage of planetary system evolution has been imaged by astronomers, showing ...

New MIT Press looks at how intrepid astronomers at Palomar observatory changed our view of the universeCredit: Brianna Schweizer, 2020. ...