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Probing liquid water beyond Earth with advanced radar technology
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
This technology is now integral to the JUICE mission to Ganymede and the upcoming Europa Clipper mission to Europa. Dr. Elena Pettinelli of Roma Tre University,...
Juno mission reveals volcanic landscapes on Io
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
Scott Bolton, Juno's principal investigator, shared these findings on April 16 at a news conference held at the European Geophysical Union General Assembly in V...
Dating the Solar System's orbital changes with enstatite meteorites
Apr 17, 2024 (SPX)
A team from the University of Leicester, utilizing a combination of simulation, observation, and meteorite analysis, has updated our understanding of the Solar ...
Pluto's heart-shaped feature explained by international research team
Apr 16, 2024 (SPX)
The discovery stems from investigations sparked by images from NASA's New Horizons mission, which revealed the heart-shaped structure in 2015. Dr. Harry Ballant...
Assessing the ages of moons from impact craters
Apr 15, 2024 (SPX)
Various theories explain the creation of the solar system's moons. Predominantly, it is believed that they formed from disks of gas, dust, and pebbles that enci...
NASA unveils probe bound for Jupiter's possibly life-sustaining moon
Apr 12, 2024 (AFP)
The Clipper spacecraft is due to blast off in October bound for Europa, one of dozens of moons orbiting the Solar System's biggest planet, and the nearest spot ...
Juice mission successfully tests Callisto flyby simulation
Apr 12, 2024 (SPX)
Due to the significant communication delays expected between Earth and the Juice spacecraft when it is near Jupiter, the test was essential to ensure that Juice...
The PI's Perspective: Needles in the Cosmic Haystack
Apr 05, 2024 (SPX)
The spacecraft continues to collect round-the-clock data on our Sun's cocoon in the galaxy, called the heliosphere, and transmit that data, as well as the final...
The Persistent Ices of Kuiper Belt Object 486958 Arrokoth
Apr 03, 2024 (SPX)
The research highlights Arrokoth's ability to retain ancient ices within its core, challenging the long-held belief that such primordial materials would have di...
New study reveals potential ice bombs among Kuiper Belt Objects
Mar 28, 2024 (SPX)
The focus of the study is on the durability of primitive ices within Kuiper Belt objects-cold remnants from the solar system's inception approximately 4.6 billi...
Unlocking the Secrets of Eternal Ice in the Kuiper Belt
Mar 15, 2024 (SPX)
Co-authored by Dr. Samuel Birch of Brown University and Dr. Orkan Umurhan, a senior research scientist at the SETI Institute, the study "Retention of CO Ice and...
Hubble's Latest Gaze Reveals Jupiter's Dynamic Weather Patterns
Mar 15, 2024 (SPX)
In the latest imagery, the Great Red Spot, a colossal storm large enough to engulf Earth, is prominently displayed. Nearby, the smaller storm known as Red Spot ...
NASA Armstrong Updates 1960s Concept to Study Giant Planets
Mar 14, 2024 (SPX)
John Bodylski, a principal investigator at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, hypothesized a lifting body aircraft design NASA test...
NASA's Europa Jupiter Mission will be packed with humanity's messages
Mar 08, 2024 (UPI)
The Europa Clipper spacecraft will be headed for Jupiter's moon, Europa. In addition to scientific instruments for experiments and data collection, it will incl...
UCF scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to uncover clues about Neptune's evolution
Mar 07, 2024 (SPX)
Mors-Somnus, a binary duo comprised of a pair of icy asteroids bound by gravity, was recently concluded to have originated within the Kuiper Belt, meaning it ca...
Solved at Pitt: What are Saturn's rings made of?
Mar 05, 2024 (SPX)
Most nights of the week, Pitt students are also at the observatory, hard at work learning how to use the tools of astronomy to explore the night sky and underst...
NASA's Juno Mission Measures Oxygen Production at Europa
Mar 05, 2024 (SPX)
The paper's authors estimate the amount of oxygen produced to be around 26 pounds every second (12 kilograms per second). Previous estimates range from a few po...
New moons of Uranus and Neptune announced
Feb 27, 2024 (SPX)
"The three newly discovered moons are the faintest ever found around these two ice giant planets using ground-based telescopes," explained Carnegie Science's Sc...
NASA's New Horizons Detects Dusty Hints of Extended Kuiper Belt
Feb 27, 2024 (SPX)
The readings defy scientific models that the KBO population and density of dust should start to decline a billion miles inside that distance and contribute to a...
NASA invites public to dive into Juno's Spectacular Images of Io
Feb 12, 2024 (SPX)
The images captured by Juno's onboard camera, JunoCam, offer an unprecedented look at Io's dynamic landscape, known for being the most volcanically active body ...
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