Astronomy

Why the Mars Mole Failed

NASA's Mars InSight probe on the surface of Mars (illustration). Their thermal probe HP3 has now provided new insights into the Martian subsurface near...

Brown dwarf turns out to be a binary system

Gliese 229B was the first brown dwarf discovered by astronomers. Now it turns out that it actually consists of two small brown dwarfs that...

Euclid Space Telescope delivers first mosaic

Overview of the mosaic of 206 observations from the Euclid Space Telescope. It covers around 500 times the area of ​​the full moon in...

CO2 ice and hydrogen peroxide detected on Pluto’s moon Charon

This spectrum, created by the James Webb Telescope, shows the signatures of various molecules on Pluto's moon Charon. © Silvia Protopapa (SwRI), Ian Wong...

Black hole prevents star formation

The early galaxy GS-10578 hardly forms any new stars anymore, although it existed during a time of intense galaxy growth in the young cosmos....

Event Horizon Telescope now sees more clearly

This simulation shows what a black hole similar to Sagittarius A* looks like at the current wavelength of 1300 micrometers and how much sharper...

JUICE space probe on home visit

The European space probe JUICE will perform a double flyby maneuver on the Moon and Earth on its way to the Jupiter system. ©...

Planet with highly eccentric orbit discovered

Video: Artist's impression of the unusually elliptical orbit of the planet TIC...

An intermediate black hole in the globular cluster

Overview of the globular cluster Omega Centauri (left), a magnified section of the central region of the cluster and the probable position of the...

Mini meteorites analyzed from house roof

On the left is the micrometeorite with a "nose", on the right is the particularly long-travelled tiny creature with a turtle-like appearance....

Mars: More meteorite impacts than expected

Two meteorite impacts, first detected by the InSight spacecraft's seismometer and then confirmed by images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. © NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona ...

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