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New Giant Planet Is Evidence of Possible Planetary Collisions A Neptune-sized planet denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers, who believe its composition could be the result of a giant planetary clash. TOI-1853b's mass is almost twice that of any other similar

There's a lot of trash on the moon right now—including nearly 100 bags of human waste—and with countries around the globe traveling to the moon, there's going to be a lot more, both on the lunar surface and in Earth's orbit.

NASA uses the International Space Station—a football field-sized spacecraft orbiting Earth—to learn more about living and working in space. For more than 20 years, the space station has provided a unique platform for investigation and research in areas like biology, technology, agriculture, and more. It serves as a home for astronauts conducting experiments, including advancing NASA's space communications capabilities.

"Enormous amounts of matter, similar to cosmic cannonballs, are launched into space within a very brief time span."

Researchers from the University of Arizona have found a youthful exoplanet that may shed light on this phenomenon and offer insights into how planets form. Illustrations of the Milky Way exhibit a spiraling design of "arms" loaded with stars that radiate from the center. Comparable formations are s

The mission’s rover is roving and its sensors are sensing.

On October 14, 2023, the Americas will experience a partial solar eclipse, but from only eight U.S. states will it be possible to see the 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse.

Check out this Gamescon 2023 preview for the highlyanticipated open-world sci-fi extravaganza.

New research suggests the same conditions that created the cracks could have been favorable to the emergence of microscopic life. Scientists aren’t entirely sure how life began on Earth, but one prevailing theory posits that persistent cycles of wet and dry conditions on land helped assemble the

There are more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets in our galaxy. That number is going to rise significantly in the next decade. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has already cataloged more than 4,000 candidate exoplanets, and the PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is scheduled to launch in 2026.

India's space agency Isro's new footage shows Chandrayaan-3's rover Pragyaan for the first time ever.

India's Chandrayan-3 mission has nailed its lunar landing.

DARPA wants to build a 'thriving commercial economy' on the moon in 10 years: The Pentagon's R&D department wants to build energy and communications infrastructure on the moon.
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A University of Kansas survey of a swath of the cosmos using the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed active galactic nuclei (AGN)—supermassive black holes that are rapidly increasing in size—are rarer than many astronomers had assumed previously.

Soft landing achieved.

The warning comes as the U.S. space economy is predicted to reach $1 trillion by 2030.

The Indian space agency is all set to land its probe, which was made at a fraction of the budget of recent Hollywood blockbusters, on the surface of the Moon, a task that has historically had a low success rate.

Russia’s Luna-25 mission ended in failure after crashing into the moon, space agency Roscosmos has announced.

Russia’s first moon mission in decades fails after spacecraft collides with surface: The incident happened after communication with the spacecraft was interrupted, a blow to Russia’s space ambitions.
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Lunar Trailblazer joins a growing list of probes and landers heading toward the moon to search for water ice.