Doomed Exoplanet TOI-2109b Spirals Toward Its Star with Three Possible Fates
The gas giant TOI-2109b is more than five times as massive as Jupiter, and resides in a perilous orbit 870…
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Unusual Plasma Waves Above Jupiter’s North Pole Can Possibly Be Explained
In recent observations, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has significantly detected the presence of a variety of plasma waves. The emergence of…
NASA Engineers Rescue JunoCam with Deep-Space Heating Hack
NASA’s Juno spacecraft, in orbit around Jupiter, had a huge problem when its JunoCam imager started to fail after sitting…
Chandra Spots Distant Baby Planet Losing Its Atmosphere Under Intense X-ray Assault
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered a Jupiter-sized exoplanet that is being fried by the radiation from its…
Young Exoplanet Spotted Shedding Atmosphere Under Stellar Radiation
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, together with data from the Hubble Space Telescope, has revealed a “baby” exoplanet rapidly losing its…
Crystalline Ice Discovered in Space: New Study Reveals Hidden Order in Cosmic Ice
Water ice coats many outer solar system bodies – from Jupiter’s icy moon Ganymede (above) to interstellar dust. On Earth,…
Meteorite From Outer Solar System Challenges Planet Formation Timeline in Early Solar System
A minuscule meteorite seems to be rewriting the history of our solar system. The 50-gram Northwest Africa 12264 has brought…
Meet Mineral Mappers Flying NASA Tech Out West
NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey have been mapping the planets since Apollo. One team is searching closer to home…
NASA Astronaut Captures Rare Red Sprite Over Storm from Space Station
In early July 2025, NASA astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers snapped a rare image of a giant red “sprite” phenomenon erupting…
stick the landing in challenging terrain
Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is…