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Hottest Jupiter

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

KELT-9b: Hottest Hot Jupiter Exoplanet Yet

Astronomers announce the discovery of bloated gas giant KELT-9b, the hottest "hot Jupiter" exoplanet known orbiting a short-lived massive star.

ESA ExoMars 2016

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

New Clues on Fate of Schiaparelli Mars Lander

The European Space Agency has released its investigation into the crash of the Schiaparelli Mars lander in October 2016.

Jupiter white spot

Spacecraft and Space Missions

Juno: Surprises in First Science Results

From its dynamic atmosphere to its hidden depths, the Juno spacecraft has Jupiter as never before — surprising NASA scientists with unexpected complexity.

2014 JO25

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

Amazing New Views of Near-Earth Asteroid

Large asteroid 2014 JO25 cruised past Earth on April 19, and Goldstone and Arecibo radars were at the ready to capture what turned out to be yet another twin-lobed asteroid.

Cassini Grand Finale

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

Cassini Traverses "Big Empty" on First Grand Finale Pass

The Grand Finale is underway, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft sails through a clear gap between Saturn and its rings.

Cassini Grand Finale

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

Cassini Survives First "Grand Finale" Dive

Cassini's Grand Finale has begun, as the spacecraft threaded the needle between Saturn and its rings, following several fantastic moon passes and a final glance back at Earth.

LISA Pathfinder

Spacecraft and Space Missions

LISA Pathfinder: From Gravitational Waves to Space Dust

LISA Pathfinder, the technology testbed mission for a future gravitational-wave detector, turns out to be a surprisingly good micrometeoroid hunter.

LHS 1140 b

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

Welcome to LHS 1140b: A Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone

The MEarth exoplanet survey nabs LHS 1140 b, a rocky planet transiting its host star just 41 light-years distant.

Cassini at Saturn

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

Cassini's Grand Finale Orbits Set to Begin

NASA's Cassini mission nears its final act — the spacecraft will enter the first of its Grand Finale Orbits later this month.

Rosetta Selfie

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

Rosetta Sees Changing Face of Comet 67P

Data from the Rosetta mission has linked outbursts on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with dramatic changes on the comet's surface.

Pan

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

Welcome to Pan: Saturn's Ravioli-Shaped Moon

Cassini gave us a good look a Saturn's moon Pan last week... and what a strange world it is.

Fireball over ALMA

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

A New Take on the Audible Meteor Mystery

A recent study suggests a plausible mechanism to explain why observers sometimes hear superbright meteors at the same time that they see them.

dragon v2 in orbit

Spacecraft and Space Missions

SpaceX Announces 2018 Moonshot Mission

SpaceX's surprise announcement envisions humans traveling beyond low-Earth orbit and to the Moon at the end of 2018.

Jupiter's south pole

Solar System

Juno Will Stay in Current Orbit Around Jupiter

NASA has announced that its Juno spacecraft will remain in a wide-ranging orbit around Jupiter, extending the mission's lifetime.

NE Syrtis Major

Spacecraft and Space Missions

NASA Narrows Down Mars 2020 Rover Landing Sites

Three possible landing sites are now in the running for the U.S. space agency's next Mars rover.

Solar Nebula

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

Meteorites Date Demise of Solar Nebula

A study of ancient meteorites has refined the date for the dissolution of the solar nebula, the cloud that shrouded our Sun in its earliest days.

Juno at Jupiter

Solar System

Juno Swoops Past Jupiter's South Pole

NASA's Juno spacecraft continues to give us amazing views of Jupiter, now from its fourth perijove pass.

Rooftop micrometeoroids

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

Micrometeorites Found on City Rooftops

A recent study found micrometeorites in piles of dirt collected from urban European rooftops.

TW Hydrae

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

Hubble Catches Exoplanet Shadow Play

A unique method reveals the influence of a planet within the stellar disk around TW Hydrae.

Daphnis

Solar System

Cassini Spies Daphnis Making Waves

NASA's Cassini returns stunning new views of Daphnis and friends from its ring-grazing orbits.

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