Photos of two small moons open the door to a new vastness
The fuzzy images of moons that NASA New Horizons satellite are sending back to Earth are a slim crack in a door opening on a vastness humankind has not seen…
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Newly Discovered Exoplanet With Extreme Seasons Called A ‘Real Maverick’
Two groups of astronomers working independently in Germany have discovered a massive new exoplanet that’s quite strange–for a few reasons. The newfound exoplanet, dubbed Kepler-432b, was monitored by NASA’s Kepler…
The Hubble Space Telescope Has Orbited Earth For 25 Years. Here Are 25 Of Its Most Stunning Images
Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been orbiting Earth, capturing images of the cosmos that have “fundamentally changed humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe.” This year, to celebrate the…