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Researchers have cracked the code on how adorable snowman-shaped objects form in the outer solar system. The discovery reveals a gentle cosmic dance that's been happening for billions of years.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just created the first three-dimensional map of Uranus's upper atmosphere, revealing dramatic temperature shifts and swirling auroras on the mysterious ice giant. The breakthrough gives scientists their clearest view yet of one of our solar system's least understood planets. #
The James Webb Space Telescope just created the first detailed 3D map of Uranus' mysterious upper atmosphere, revealing giant aurora bands that stretch far beyond the planet's poles. Scientists say understanding this ice giant's unique energy system is a crucial step toward studying planets beyond our solar system.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just captured the most detailed view ever of Uranus's upper atmosphere, revealing how auroras dance across the ice giant's surface in ways unlike anywhere else in our solar system. The breakthrough is helping scientists understand mysterious distant planets beyond our own cosmic neighborhood.
For the first time, astronomers have photographed a protective bubble around a young star remarkably similar to our Sun, showing what protected Earth billions of years ago. The discovery reveals how our own solar system looked in its cosmic childhood.
Scientists used the Webb telescope to create the first 3D map of Uranus's upper atmosphere, revealing how the planet's sideways magnetic field creates uniquely strange auroras. The discovery helps us understand mysterious ice giant planets both in our solar system and beyond.
Researchers have designed a daring spacecraft mission that could catch up with an interstellar comet traveling through our solar system by using the sun's gravity as a cosmic slingshot. If launched in 2035, the mission would reach Comet 3I/ATLAS by 2085, traveling farther and faster than any spacecraft in history.
NASA is sending a car-sized helicopter to Saturn's moon Titan in 2028, and it will start flying before it even touches the ground. The Dragonfly mission will explore one of the most mysterious worlds in our solar system when it arrives in 2034. ---
A rare visitor from beyond our solar system just gave scientists an incredible parting gift. As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS exits our cosmic neighborhood, it's spraying ancient materials into space that haven't seen sunlight in billions of years.
Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first-ever video of Uranus spinning through space, revealing dancing auroras shaped by the planet's unusual magnetic field. The breakthrough gives us an unprecedented look at one of the solar system's most mysterious atmospheres.
Astronomers discovered a puzzling solar system 116 light-years away where a rocky planet orbits farthest from its star, defying expectations and offering fresh clues about how planets come to be. This rare finding could rewrite what we know about planetary birth.
Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D maps of Uranus's auroras, revealing how energy moves through the planet's strange, tilted magnetic field. The breakthrough could help us understand distant worlds beyond our solar system.
Interstellar visitors are constantly passing through our solar system, and scientists just traced their home addresses. New research reveals that cosmic dust and objects from 20 nearby planet-forming systems are visiting Earth right now.
A researcher in the UAE has unveiled a groundbreaking solar system that produces electricity, drinking water, and clean hydrogen fuel simultaneously. The innovation could transform how desert cities tackle energy and water scarcity together.
Scientists discovered a solar system that flips our understanding of how planets form, with a rocky planet orbiting beyond gas giants in a pattern never seen before. The finding could reshape what we know about planetary birth around the universe's most common stars.
A rare green comet the size of a small city is making its final pass by Earth this week before being flung into deep space forever. Scientists say Comet Wierzchoś will spend millions of years drifting through the galaxy after its one-time visit to our cosmic neighborhood.
Astronomers discovered a solar system that breaks all the rules of planet formation, with rocky planets sandwiching gas giants in a pattern never seen before. The finding could rewrite our understanding of how planets form around the most common stars in the universe.
A sun-like star 1,000 light-years away is putting on a spectacular final performance, and Hubble just captured the clearest view ever of its beautiful transformation. The Egg Nebula shows us how dying stars create the building blocks for future planets and solar systems like our own.
Scientists are about to unlock secrets from a frozen time capsule 3 billion miles away that's been waiting since our solar system was born. Powerful new telescopes will discover thousands of ancient objects that could rewrite what we know about how planets form.
Astronomers discovered a rocky planet nearly identical to Earth in size and orbit, circling a Sun-like star closer than any similar world we've found. It might be our most promising neighbor yet in the search for life beyond our solar system.
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