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Could planets orbiting red dwarfs host life?
Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term ...
NASA Image Reveals Jupiter As You've Never Seen It Before
Jupiter's Great Red Spot storm, which usually appears dark-red, can be seen shining a lurid blue color in an ultraviolet ...
Scientific American10d
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Was Never Meant to Look at the Sun. Astronomers Tried It Anyway
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
Exoplanets around red dwarfs face extreme space weather, Chandra finds
Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA's Chandra X ...
Mars Is About To Be at Its Brightest Since 2022—Here’s How To Easily View the Red Planet
It’s a term used by astronomers to describe when Earth, Mars and the Sun align. When this happens, Earth sits directly ...
A Full Moon, a Bold Mars and a New Comet Brighten January’s Skies
On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s ...
Live Science28d
This red giant star has starspots larger than the entire sun
Astronomers modeled sunspot activity on a nearby red giant star to learn about its chaotic interior. Sunspots, which are temporarily darkened areas on the surface of the sun, are the result of ...
Space.com20d
What are lunar eclipses and how do they occur?
There are three types of lunar eclipses depending on how the sun, Earth and moon are aligned at the time of the event. During a total lunar eclipse, the lunar surface turns a rusty red color ...