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Planetary Science & Exoplanets
Worlds near and far—atmospheres, habitability, and planetary formation.
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Scientists Find a Place Where an Earth-Like Planet Could Survive Between Two Stars
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (619+ words) New research reveals that a nearby binary star system could support a stable Earth-like planet, reshaping the search for potentially habitable worlds. “Our solar system, with only one star, is actually somewhat unusual. Many stars have stellar companions,” Stephen Kane,…...
NASA may already have proof life once existed on another planet. Scientists might never get to find out
5+ hour, 41+ min ago (1714+ words) The Cheyava Falls rock sample is seen within the rover’s drill bit before being sealed. Multiple robots and spacecraft were envisioned for NASA's Mars Sample Return concept to bring Martian rocks and soil back to Earth. (CNN) — A leopard-spotted rock…...
Last UWEC Planetarium Shows in Phillips Hall
10+ hour, 20+ min ago (45+ words) WEAU Last UWEC Planetarium Shows in Phillips Hall WEAU Weather @ FOUR: One more day of summer-like warmth before a return to October weather WEAU Weather @ NOON: One more day of summer-like warmth before a return to October weather...
Solar system could collapse sooner than expected
7+ hour ago (508+ words) Oct 12, 2026 18:20 82 The solar system could lose its stability much sooner than previous models suggested. The reason is not just the gradual fading of the Sun, but the way it will lose mass at the end of its life - in separate,…...
Hubble and Webb uncover 27 tiny Kuiper Belt worlds carrying ancient color fingerprints, with smaller bodies unexpectedly scarce
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (711+ words) Using combined observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found 27 new trans-Neptunian objects that have been orbiting past Neptune in the Kuiper Belt. Their optical and infrared colors show that small TNOs preserve the…...
TAMIU to host free lecture on space science
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (183+ words) LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Texas A&M International University will host physicist Dr. Ralph L. McNutt Jr. for a free public lecture Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. The talk, Challenges and Opportunities in Space Science, will be held in the Recital Hall at the…...
How Will Water Flow on the Moon?
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (220+ words) For now at least, being on the Moon itself is almost a non-starter. So researchers have to come up with clever ways to run experiments in simulated lunar gravity. Traditional techniques like drop towers or parabolic arc flight offer a…...
Hubble Spots a Suspected Second-Generation Planet
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (262+ words) A paper describing the team's findings was published on October 5th in Nature Astronomy. Planetary systems typically form shortly after a new star is born, from leftover gas and dust that falls into a circumsolar accretion disk around it. This is…...
Last UW-Eau Claire planetarium shows before Phillips Hall closure
9+ hour, 3+ min ago (319+ words) WEAU EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - As many at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire are gearing up to move to the new Riverside Science Center, one professor is firing up the old projector for one last look at the stars. The…...
ESA Television - Videos - 2026 - 10 - Preparing for a first drive on Mars
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (108+ words) European Space Agency → European Space Agency Search and order online Preparing for a first drive on Mars - Title Preparing for a first drive on Mars Before Rosalind Franklin can explore Mars, it has to get off its lander. Engineers are…...