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First 3D renders from JunoCam data reveal ‘frosted cupcake’ clouds on Jupiter

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Animations of the relative heights of the cloud tops of Jupiter reveal delicately textured swirls and peaks that resemble the frosting on top of...

Water in asteroid dust offers clues to life on Earth

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Specks of dust retrieved by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some 300 million kilometres from Earth have revealed a surprising component: a...

It’s a planet: New evidence of baby planet in the making

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Astronomers agree that planets are born in protoplanetary disks—rings of dust and gas that surround young, newborn stars. While hundreds of these disks have...

Researchers find source of gamma rays in small neighboring galaxy

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Through giant lobes of gamma radiation, an international team of researchers have found a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way filled with dark...

Walking robots could aid research on other planets

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Today NASA uses wheeled rovers to navigate the surface of Mars and conduct planetary science, but research involving Texas A&M University scientists will test...

Why go back to the Moon?

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On September 12, 1962, then US president John F Kennedy informed the public of his plan to put a man on the Moon by...

NASA eyes two more dates in September for possible Moon launch

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NASA is looking at September 23 and September 27 as possible dates for its next attempt at launching its Artemis 1 mission to the...

A new explanation for the reddish north pole of Pluto’s moon Charon

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A trio of researchers at Purdue University has developed a new theory to explain why Pluto's moon Charon has a reddish north pole. In...

Scientists show how terrain evolves on an icy comet

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With an eye toward a possible return mission years in the future, Cornell astronomers have shown how smooth terrains—a good place to land a...

‘Diamond rain’ on giant icy planets could be more common than previously thought

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A new study has found that "diamond rain," a long-hypothesized exotic type of precipitation on ice giant planets, could be more common than previously...

Why do galaxies stop making stars? A huge collision in space provides new clues

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Six billion years ago, two galaxies were colliding, their combined forces hurling a stream of gas hundreds of thousands of light years away. Reported...

NASA unsure next Moon rocket launch attempt possible this month

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After scrapping a second attempt to get its new 30-story lunar rocket off the ground due to a fuel leak, NASA officials said Saturday...
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