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Perseverance rover watches 'googly eye' solar eclipse from Mars
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a 'googly eye' solar eclipse on Sept. 30 as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front of the sun.
Icy moon of Uranus may have once hid watery secret, Voyager 2 archives reveal
Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.
'Ridiculously smooth': James Webb telescope spies unusual pancake-like disk around nearby star Vega — and scientists can't explain it
The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming that it is not surrounded by any exoplanets, JWST images reveal. And scientists cannot explain its lack of alien worlds.
James Webb telescope spots 'feasting' black hole eating 40 times faster than should be possible
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a feeding black hole in the early universe that seems to be eating 40 times faster than is theoretically possible.
India targets 2028 for Chandrayaan-4 sample-return mission to moon's south pole
India is eyeing a 2028 launch for its Chandrayaan-4 moon sample-return mission, followed by an uncrewed lunar lander and rover in collaboration with Japan.
'God of chaos' asteroid may be transformed by tremors and landslides during 2029 flyby of Earth, study finds
When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors and landslides that totally change the asteroid's surface.
Saturn's moon Titan may have a 6-mile-thick crust of methane ice — could life be under there?
A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's vast subsurface ocean.
Strange green spots on Mars found by NASA's Perseverance rover
NASA's Perseverance rover found strange green spots in Martian rock, potentially indicating a past interaction with liquid water.
