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Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon — and soon
CNN via AOL· 2 hours ago“And most of our operations for spacecraft — even spacecraft that are all the way out at Pluto, or...
Pluto’s ocean is super salty, scientists say
EarthSky· 5 hours agoPluto is tiny and far from the sun. The evidence came from the New Horizons spacecraft’s sweep past Pluto in 2015. New
Asteroid 'Dinky,' visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, birthed its own moon
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day agoYet, the spacecraft's autonomous range-finding and tracking system was able to lock onto ...small...
Fact Check: About That Brightly Colored Viral Image of Dwarf Planet Pluto Circulating Online
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAlthough it looked the same as @MAstrononmer's photo, some details were different, such as the...
We could float effortlessly in Pluto's subsurface ocean
Space via Yahoo News· 7 days agoPluto and its heart-shaped Sputnik Planitia as imaged by New Horizons spacecraft in 2015. Pluto's...
Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids,...
Astronomers probe deep-space time capsules | Astronomy.com
Astronomy Magazine· 7 days agoPrimitive ices and gas from the earliest days of the solar system can remain trapped inside deep-space objects like comets and Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) for billions of years. If confirmed, ...
That giant sunspot that supercharged auroras on Earth? It's back and may amp up the northern lights...
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory and National Science...
Lunar Landings Could ‘Sandblast’ Astronauts with Moon Dust
Scientific American· 2 days agoThe physicist behind the new calculations, Phil Metzger, is one of the world’s leading experts on...
For 20 years, Robots Have Inhabited Mars. What Keeps Them Humming?
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoIn the following excerpt from his book, Shindell looks back at the accomplishments of the past 20...