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5 Space Missions to Watch in April 2025: Polar Orbits, Space Weather and NASA’s Lucy
TBD: ULA’s Vulcan launches U.S. space force missions. April could also see United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur ...
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists search for elusive dark matter throughout the universe
Seeing the invisible, that’s what a small group of scientists at Los Alamos National Labs are trying to do with data recovered from a near-Earth asteroid and ...
Scientists Scan Mysterious Planet as It Drifts Through Space
A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in ...
Space.com10d
How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets
The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.
Webb Just Captured the First Direct Image of Carbon Dioxide on an Exoplanet
Webb’s latest discovery has opened a thrilling new chapter in exoplanet research by capturing the first-ever direct images of ...
Carbon Dioxide in Space? NASA's Webb Telescope Makes Historic Find 130 Light-Years Away
By spotting these strong carbon dioxide features, we have shown there is a sizable fraction of heavier elements, like carbon, ...
Model suggests asteroid Donaldjohanson formed 150 million years ago
New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit ...
Scientific American13d
Newfound Exoplanets around Barnard’s Star Resolve Long-Standing Astronomical Quest
Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a ...
Science Daily13d
Webb telescope captures its first direct images of carbon dioxide outside solar system
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...
Portal Space Systems opens its doors for a sneak preview of solar propulsion system
Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.
ZME Science14d
For the First Time Ever, Scientists Have Directly Detected Carbon Dioxide on Distant Planets
The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.
Mirage News14d
Webb Captures Young Exoplanets, Finds CO2
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct images of multiple gas giant planets within an iconic planetary system. HR 8799, a young system 130 light-years away, has long been a key target ...