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In a world first, NASA's DART mission is about to smash into an asteroid. What will we learn?

On September 26 at 11.15pm UTC, NASA’s DART mission (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) will be the first to deliberately and measurably change the motion of a significant body in our Solar System. In other words, it will smash into an asteroid.

The Conversation

Giant solar system trail coming back to Northern Ireland in 2023

It has already been experienced by over 300,000 people in Derry, Belfast and Cambridge to date

Belfast Live

Huge solar system sculpture trail coming to Liverpool on UK tour

The Our Place in Space 8k trail will begin on Church Street and run all the way to Otterspool

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Congress is about to lose its science guy - Roll Call

He brought his math Ph.D. (and his solar system tie) to the House. Now Rep. Jerry McNerney is planning his next AI chapter.

Roll Call

NASA releases clearest view of Neptune's rings in decades

NASA has released its first image of Neptune captured by the James Webb Space Telescope as it shows off its capabilities within our home solar system.

ABC News

Saturn's rings were once a moon ripped apart by bizarre forces

Resonance with not-so-near Neptune destabilized the moon 100 million years ago.

Inverse

For the first time, robots on Mars found meteorite impact craters by sensing seismic shock waves

Since 2018, NASA’s InSight mission to Mars has recorded seismic waves from more than 1,300 marsquakes in its quest to probe the internal structure of the red planet. The solar panels of the car-sized robotic lander have become caked with Martian dust, and NASA scientists expect it will completely power…

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Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itself – and astronomers are discovering more of the billions they think are out there

Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system – they’re called exoplanets. But in summer 2022, teams working on NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite found a few particularly interesting planets orbiting in the habitable zones of their parent stars.

The Conversation

The Solar System could be littered with alien artifacts — even on Earth

Some space scientists believe radio sensing or detecting non-human techno-signatures maybe the best way to find alien life. But others believe there may be physical objects waiting to be found, too.

Inverse

Violent death of moon Chrysalis may have created Saturn's rings

Discovered by Galileo 400 years ago, the rings of Saturn are about the most striking thing astronomers with small telescopes can spot in our solar system.

France 24

10 years ago this week, a groundbreaking NASA technology changed spaceflight forever

The Dawn mission used state-of-the-art ion thrusters to change orbits between bodies in visits to Vesta and Ceres, two Solar System time capsules.

Inverse

Astronomers find a shocking culprit that shaped Earth's continents

Sure, asteroids did some of the work. But a few came from the fringes of our Solar System — and were kicked in by other stars.

Inverse

One unusual planet type could be abundant in the universe — study

A new study of exoplanet densities reveals that many are about 50% water, whether it’s liquid or ice.

Inverse

Look! Astronomers explore the Orion Nebula's radiation-scorched cloud

Gargantuan young stars blast this region with ultraviolet radiation, and that may play a key role in how solar systems eventually form.

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45 years ago this week, Voyager 1 began its journey into history

The probe launched weeks after its sibling craft, Voyager 2. Since its launch, it got a close encounter with an intriguing moon and entered interstellar space.

Inverse

You need to see the most elusive planet at opposition in the sky this month

Neptune will be at its brightest, enabling you to see a rarely glimpsed planet.

The Conversation

The Webb telescope has released its very first exoplanet image – here's what we can learn from it

Did you ever want to see an alien world? A planet orbiting a distant star, light years from the Sun? Well, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just returned its first-ever picture of just that – a planet orbiting a distant star.

Daily Record

NASA telescope shares first image of planet outside of our solar system

The James Webb Space Telescope has shared its first image of a planet from beyond our solar system.

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NASA shares picture of alien planet outside solar system in 'transformative moment'

Astronomers have hailed NASA's release of the first ever direct images of an alien planet as a 'transformative moment' that could help change our understanding of space

Inverse

Look! The James Webb Space Telescope's first exoplanet image is finally here

NASA just released the James Webb Space Telescope's first infrared images of an exoplanet, and it could shed light on how solar systems evolve.

Salon

The race to unearth an alien meteorite

Astronomer Avi Loeb is part of a team that's searching for traces of what could be an interstellar asteroid

Tribune News Service

Installing rooftop solar panels can get your home insurance canceled

As electric bills surge and the federal government offers generous tax incentives for renewable energy investments, more and more Florida homeowners are seriously considering rooftop solar systems.

Inverse

Aurigids: You need to watch the most mythical meteor shower of the year this week

The annual Aurigid Meteor Shower peaks on September 1 and is visible to stargazers in most of the Northern Hemisphere.

The Independent UK

Nasa unveils plans to send astronauts beyond Mars ahead of Artemis I mission to moon

‘Our goal isn’t to just go visit a place, it’s to bring the solar system and beyond into our economic realm’

Evening Standard

Astronomers discover planet that could be completely covered in water

The planet is outside the Solar System and 100 light-years from Earth

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