In the early hours of Sunday morning (June 19) the waning moon will pass within a thumbs width of asteroid Vesta in the east-southeastern sky. During this close approach, the pair will share the vi… [+2696 chars]
COLUMBIA, Md., June 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After a two-year hiatus, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared ASSOFIA has returned to Christchurch, New Zealand, for a long deployment. About once … [+6137 chars]
Skip to content Due to launch in 2029, Ariel’s mission is to understand the links between a planet’s chemistry, its evolution and its host star, by characterising the atmospheres of 1,000 known plan… [+4528 chars]
Astronomers have created an intricate map of the star forming regions of the Tarantula nebula, also known as 30 Doradus. Astronomer Tony Wong says, "These fragments may be the remains of once-larger … [+2009 chars]
Later in the year, NASA is dispatching a mission to a unique, metal rich asteroid, Psyche, which is located within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid is believed to be the metal… [+2414 chars]
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University of Arizona astronomers have identified five examples of a new class of stellar system. They’re not quite galaxies and only exist in isolation. The new stellar systems contain only young, … [+4943 chars]
