'How did we get here?' NASA hopes 'artificial star' can teach us more about the universe
In a $19.5 million NASA-funded mission, a team at George Mason University is heading a project to construct and launch a ...
5 breathtaking images of cosmic wonders captured by NASA James Webb Space Telescope
Here are 5 latest cosmic wonders captured by the NASA James Webb Space Telescope ...
Webb telescope is about to home in on these 2 exoplanets. Here's why.
LTT 1445 Ac is roughly the size of Earth and about 22 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The planet orbits the ...
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A new technique to measure a star’s temperature with high precision
A star’s surface temperature can be used to determine the star’s luminosity and chemical composition. At best, a star’s exact ...
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What’s Lurking in the Kuiper Belt? NASA’s Unexpected New Discovery
This work was supported by NASA’s New Horizons mission and NASA Keck PI Data Awards, administered by the NASA Exoplanet ...
Citizen science collaboration yields precise data on exoplanet WASP-77 A b
A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...
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Hubble Study Of Hot Jupiters Provides Exoplanet Atmosphere Insight
The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to study 25 hot Jupiters. It has helped to answer "questions important to our ...
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From the Deep Space Network to Neutron Stars
On Friday, October 11, Vincent presents “Deep Space Network (DSN),” which is capable of maintaining 24-7 communication with spacecraft spread across the solar system from its home in Pasadena.
NASA convinced an American author we’ll find life on another planet — in next 25 years
Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers says scientists are ‘in striking distance’ of finding life on an exoplanet ...
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When Will That Star Dim? Amateur Planet-Chasers Got You!
A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...
NASA transport nearly complete for Roman Space Telescope deployment
NASA has finished building its spacecraft bus to deploy the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope into orbit after the space ...
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Dave Eggers is the author of “The Circle,” “What Is the What” and, most recently, “The Eyes and the Impossible,” winner of ...