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Astronomers identify a celestial '3-body problem' lurking in the outer solar system
New research suggests that a binary pair of Kuiper Belt objects, known as the Altjira system, is actually made up of three ...
NASA delays launch of newest space telescope to search for life’s key ingredients
NASA is delaying the launch of the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH ...
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Space Mystery of the Week: Why Does Our Solar System Like Spirals?
Even the little-understood Oort Cloud, at the outer edges of our solar system beyond view, has a partly spiral structure.
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NASA supercomputer finds billions of comets mimicking the Milky Way's shape: 'The universe seems to like spirals!'
"We found that some comets in the inner Oort cloud form a long-lasting spiral structure." Spirals are a repeating theme in ...
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NASA Selects UVA Astronomer To Join Asteroid Mission
A nne Verbiscer, a research professor in the University of Virginia’s astronomy department, is will soon be working with NASA ...
NASA and SpaceX Are Building the Most Advanced Space Station Ever – In Lunar Orbit
NASA's Artemis campaign is rapidly advancing the development of Gateway, a space station that will orbit the Moon and serve ...
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NASA set to deliver a knock-out PUNCH to mysteries of the solar wind
PUNCH isn't the only spacecraft studying the solar corona and the transition into the solar wind. NASA's Parker Solar Probe ...
Why NASA Is Trying to Go Back to the Moon
President Trump set the U.S. on a path to sending astronauts back to the lunar surface during his first term. Lately he has ...
NASA supercomputer detects a disturbing spiral in the solar system. What’s going on?
The NASA boffins in white coats and thick-rimmed glasses have detected new signals that show the Oort cloud - the spooky ...
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NASA, SpaceX to launch SPHEREx observatory and PUNCH...
SpaceX and NASA are set for the launch of the agency’s newest space telescope and solar research mission. A Falcon 9 will ...
6 Mind-Blowing Facts About New NASA Discovery From Edge Of Our Solar System
Using a NASA supercomputer to run models, researchers led by SwRI astronomer David Nesvorny now believe that the Inner Oort cloud looks like a spiral disk, around 0.24 light-years across, with two ...
NASA's twin Voyager probes are shutting down some instruments to conserve power
The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space, but their mission in interstellar ...