The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with ...
On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, ...
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"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.
Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...
Scientists accidentally discovered that the Earth's inner core might not be how we thought it was - and it could affect the length of a day.