Tag Archives: Planets

Astronomers at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have detected X-rays from the planet Uranus for the first time. The researchers used observations of the ice giant taken in 2002 and 2017 to detect …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A part of the Wright brothers’ first plane is on Mars. NASA’s experimental Martian helicopter holds a small fabric swatch from the 1903 Wright Flyer, the space …

Representation of stratospheric winds near Jupiter’s south pole.Picture: THAT For the first time, astronomers have measured the winds within Jupiter’s middle atmosphere, revealing unexpectedly fast jet streams within the planet’s deepest layers. …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA’s new Mars rover has sent the first driving sounds on the red planet, a grinding, clanking, and thump that, by Earth standards, would be quite concerning. …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA’s new Mars rover has sent the first driving sounds on the red planet, a grinding, clanking, and thump that, by Earth standards, would be quite concerning. …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) – The first known interstellar visitor to our solar system is neither a comet nor an asteroid as was first suspected, and it looks nothing like a cigar. …

Scientists on Friday began projecting one of the largest telescopic mirrors ever made on Earth for the Giant Magellan Telescope being built in Chile. Because it is important: The massive telescope is …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA’s newest Mars rover hit the dusty red highway this week, putting 21 feet on the odometer in its first test drive. The Perseverance rover ventured from …

Artist’s rendering of the hypothetical ancient collision. Picture: Mark Garlick The red planet’s two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, could have formed after an ancient collision, according to new research. It’s an …

BEIJING (AP) – China says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has entered a temporary parking orbit around Mars in anticipation of a rover landing on the Red Planet in the coming months. China’s National …