A mission to Triton and Neptune could unlock their mysteries
A town in the Austrian Alps might not seem like the most conducive place to come up with daring space missions. But, for the ...
The Blue Marvel: NASA’s Voyager 2 captured this image of Neptune in the summer of 1989 as it became the first spacecraft to fly by the planet. Neptune's blue color comes from ...
Located around 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is not visible to the naked eye. The planet's blue color comes from methane in its atmosphere, which absorbs red wavelengths of light.
'Hand of God': The 'Hand of God' is actually a cloud of material ejected from a star that exploded. NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has image…
From the mysterious 'smiling face' to the grand 'Pillars of creation', check out these 7 amazing photos of our universe ...
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Scientists propose shocking new theory for origin of the moon
For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth’s Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...
Scientists uncover a magnetic misunderstanding about Uranus
In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.
Legendary Star’s Smooth Disk Mystifies Astronomers, Challenges Planet Formation Theories
Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...
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Uranus: 243 years later, new discoveries challenge what we thought we knew
Uranus, blue-green in color due to the methane contained in an atmosphere comprised mostly of hydrogen and helium ...
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Meteor showers to light up night skies over South Carolina. Find a dark spot to see the show.
Magnesium meteors burn sky blue as they plummet toward Earth ... Jupiter can be seen near Orion at about 11 p.m. The solar ...
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What If You Lived on Uranus?
Freezing cold, dark and with an atmosphere that smells like farts and rotten eggs? Uranus doesn’t sound like somewhere you’d want to call home. But let’s say you did want to move to Uranus. What kind ...
The space tourism dream is inching closer to reality – and China is at the forefront
With China soon to begin its first commercial space flights, we assess the state of play in the world of travel beyond the ...
Weekly column: Will Trump’s vision unite or divide?
It was all about the U.S. election last week. The U.S. stock market and Bitcoin loved it, and both soared to new all-time ...