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January 8, 2020

New method to detect oxygen on exoplanets developed by researchers

Even before its launch in 2021, researchers have discovered a new way to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to look for signs of oxygen on distant exoplanets.

January 8, 2020

NASA's alien planet hunter shows Egyptian pyramids may align with ancient north star, researcher says

Researchers using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered that an ancient star undergoes eclipses, which may have guided the ancient Egyptians when they were building the pyramids.

January 8, 2020

Origin of deep-space radio flash discovered, and it's unlike anything astronomers have ever seen

HONOLULU — Mysterious ultra-fast pinpricks of radio energy keep lighting up the night sky and nobody knows why. A newly discovered example of this transient phenomenon has been traced to its place of origin — a nearby spiral galaxy — but it's only made things murkier for astronomers. 

January 7, 2020

Scientists just discovered giant 790,000-year-old meteor crater

A meteor that struck Earth about 790,000 years ago covered ten percent of the planet with black lumps of debris.

January 7, 2020

NASA finds 'Godzilla galaxy,' 2.5 times wider than Milky Way, in deep space

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a massive galaxy known as UGC 285, 232 million light-years from Earth, that could be nicknamed the "Godzilla galaxy" due to its massive size.

January 7, 2020

NASA's alien planet hunter discovers its first Earth-sized planet in 'habitable-zone'

Since its launch in April 2018, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found a great number of exoplanets, including a so-called "missing link." But now, the alien planet hunter has discovered its first Earth-sized planet in a star's "habitable zone," an area that could allow for liquid water to be on the surface.

January 6, 2020

NASA captures imploding star in gorgeous 3D

NASA released a dazzling three-dimensional image of the Crab Nebula on Sunday.

January 6, 2020

First meteor shower of 2020 seen in stunning NASA image from space

In the midst of the Quadrantid meteor shower, NASA astronaut Christina Koch captured a stunning image of several meteors zooming through the atmosphere.

January 6, 2020

Satellite images show Soleimani funeral crowds thronging streets of Tehran

Satellite images show the vast crowds gathered in Tehran for the funeral of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Monday.

January 6, 2020

In a first, space station astronaut’s blood clot treated by doctors on Earth

Scientists have described how, for the first time, a space station astronaut’s blood clot was successfully treated by doctors more than 200 miles away on Earth.