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Since its arrival on the Martian surface five years ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been busy scouring the Red Planet for ...

Using in part the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S.

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In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, Mercury will join the fun, with all seven of our planetary neighbors visible ...

Experiments suggest that processes in the interior of the moon could keep it swathed in an atmosphere that should otherwise ...

Geological resources like metals are vital for renewable energy and storage technologies but require significant energy and ...

The redness of Mars has made the planet one of the most recognizable in the solar system with its hue serving as a topic of ...

Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal ...

“That’s zero, folks!” quipped Richard Binzel, an MIT professor of planetary science who studies asteroids, in an email. The brief surge of interest in 2024 YR4, which made its way into ...

The seven planets were visible in the evening sky soon after sunset, and the best time to view them all was 45 minutes after ...