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What equipment do you need to see and photograph the planets

Popular with beginners and seasoned astronomers alike, these worlds can often be spotted with the unaided eye, while binoculars and telescopes allow skywatchers to see further details, from the tempestuous storms of Jupiter to the majestic rings of Saturn.

Alien mothership lurking in our solar system could be watching us with tiny probes, Pentagon official suggests

In a draft paper, the pair said it is feasible an extraterrestrial spaceship could be in our galactic neighborhood, exploring the region by the means of "dandelion seeds" — small spacecraft that can gather and send back information, similar to the way ...

'65' star Adam Driver asks NASA about the asteroid threat to Earth (video)

The extinction of the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago is a striking example of the devastation that an asteroid can wreak when it slams into Earth. A newly released movie from Sony Pictures, fittingly titled "65," plays on the epic disaster.

Artificial intelligence could help hunt for life on Mars and other alien worlds

Biosignature probability maps from convolutional neural network models and statistical ecology data. The colors in a) indicate the probability of biosignature detection. In b) is a visible image of a gypsum dome geologic feature (left) ...

NASA selects solar physicist Nicola Fox as its new science chief

NASA has selected Nicola Fox as the new associate administrator for its Science Mission Directorate, who oversees more than 100 important missions and projects. Fox previously headed up NASA's Heliophysics Division. In her previous role, ...

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On Tuesday, five of the solar system's eight planets (Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus, and Mars) will be visible together, lined up in the night sky. This is known as a ...

RNA base in asteroid samples suggests origins of life on Earth: Study

The black particles from an asteroid some 300 million kilometers away look unremarkable, like pieces of charcoal, but they hold a component of life itself. Scientists have discovered the chemical compound uracil, one of the building blocks of RNA, ...

NASA has its first detailed map of water on the Moon

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Yahoo News

In February 2022, astronomers used NASA's now-retired SOFIA telescope — the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy — to scan an immense region near the south pole of the Moon. Based on the images collected, they ...

Astrobiologist suggests we look for signs of life from elsewhere in the galaxy by studying space dust

Tomonori Totani, an astrobiologist with the University of Tokyo is proposing that the search for life beyond Earth be expanded to the study of space dust. In his paper published in the journal International Journal of Astrobiology, he suggests that ...

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Sky Shorts: Time to plan for viewing 2024 total solar eclipse

New Philadelphia Times Reporter

On Monday, April 8, 2024, a large portion of Ohio will experience this once-in-a-lifetime event. A solar eclipse begins with a perfect lineup of the Sun, Moon and Earth.