BYUH students share their understanding of exoplanets and what humanity’s enduring hunt for life outside the solar system ...

Earth, HD 20794 d, in the habitable zone around a Sun-like star 20 light-years away. With a mass six times that of Earth and ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

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Life is tenacious and the universe is vast, so some are confident that extraterrestrial life is hiding out there. These ...

If you think that choosing the most powerful home telescope is just as simple as finding one with the highest magnification capability, then you’re wrong! There are many other key factors affecting a ...

NASA’s newest space telescope, SPHEREx ... helps that the missions are going to a similar place: a sun-synchronous orbit around Earth’s poles, meaning each spacecraft keeps the same ...

The spacecraft is solar-powered and spends the daylight portion of its roughly two-hour orbit around the moon ... specifically observed a crater called Kepler and a lunar nighttime "cold spot." ...

Mar. 11, 2025 — A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in ...