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Ice blades cover Jupiter’s moon Europa
Fields of sharp ice growing to almost 15 metres tall could be scattered across the equatorial regions of Jupiter's moon,… Read More
Hubble in ‘safe mode’, but science operations suspended: NASA
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has entered safe mode, following the failure of another gyroscope, but its science operations have been… Read More
New distant object found during hunt for Planet X
In their search for unknown dwarf planets and Planet X and for distant Solar System objects, a team of scientists… Read More
Earth will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold by 2030: Report
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Monday said the planet will reach the crucial threshold of 1.5… Read More
Parker Solar Probe completes first Venus flyby: NASA
NASA's historic mission to solve the mysteries of the Sun has successfully completed its flyby of Venus, the US space… Read More
The first evidence of moon outside our solar system: Astronomers
Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have found the first compelling evidence for a Neptune-sized… Read More
Deep space travel may damage astronaut’s gut functions
Exposure to galactic cosmic radiation during deep space travel, such as to Mars, might significantly damage gastrointestinal functions in astronauts,… Read More
Scientists rule out black holes as universe’s missing dark matter
None of the universe's dark matter consists of heavy black holes or any similar object, including massive compact halo objects… Read More
NASA probe to asteroid Bennu slows down as it nears the target
NASA's first mission to visit a near-Earth asteroid, the OSIRIS-REx, has executed the first of a series of exercises to… Read More
NASA’s newest planet hunter telescope shares first science image
NASA's newest planet hunter telescope, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has now shared the first science image that it… Read More