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EarthSky | Saturn’s moon Mimas might have an ocean

Ocean worlds are frequent in our solar system. There’s Earth, after all. However scientists additionally know or suspect that some dwarf planets, and...

The Sky This Week from February 3 to 10

Saturday, February 4 The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest level from Earth in its orbit, at 3:55 A.M. EST. At the moment, it's going...

Unlocking the mystery of comets

Ruining perfection Many historic cultures noticed comets as harbingers of doom and catastrophe. The predictable motions of the planets, the Solar, and the Moon,...

EarthSky | How to find life on Enceladus? Look in the plumes

Saturn’s moon Enceladus is among the most promising locations within the solar system to seek for alien life. A global salty ocean, regarded...

Hubble captures star-studded clouds in Lagoon Nebula

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been an astronomical workhorse for greater than 30 years. Over that point, it’s captured greater than 1.5 million...

Artemis 1 splashes down safely, completes historic Moon mission

NASA’s 25-day Artemis 1 mission got here to a profitable shut on Sunday (Dec. 11) with a splashdown off Mexico’s Baja California coast...

25 years ago: Cassini-Huygens launches for Saturn

Reaching for Saturn 9 occasions wider and 95 occasions extra large than Earth, Saturn is a hydrogen and helium behemoth that resides removed from...

See fall’s best Messier objects

It’s been six months since astronomy golf equipment across the globe hosted occasions for the Messier marathon. The aim of this single-night observing...

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See 6 planets in late August and early September

See 6 planets earlier than dawn Possibly you’ve already seen Jupiter and Mars within the morning sky? They’re simply...

Voyager 2: Our 1st and last visit to Neptune

Reprinted from NASA. Voyager 2 passes by Neptune, 35 years in the past Thirty-five years in the past, on August...

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