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"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian ...
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an electrifying image of a giant lightning "sprite" shooting up over Mexico and ...
There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on nearly 40,000 large objects out there with the hope of avoiding the fate of ...
Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...
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In a cosmic first, astronomers have captured the birth of rocky planets around a baby sun-like star 1,370 light-years away.
Was it a cosmic jellyfish, a fleeting light trick, or something more outlandish? When NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers took a ...
NASA’s astronaut, Nichole “Vapor” Ayers, has photographed a spectacular atmospheric event – a large red ‘jellyfish’ sprite soaring above a thunderstorm in North America. The striking image, taken from ...
Astronomers just caught a celestial sneak peek at how solar systems are born, and it starts with something delightfully small ...