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In the new images, the nebula’s buckyballs are prominent, concentrated in the spherical shell immediately around the central ...

A newly analyzed planetary system spotted by NASA’s TESS mission is challenging long-standing assumptions about how planets ...

For those who watch gravitational waves roll in from the universe, GW250114 is a big one. It's the clearest gravitational wave signal from a binary black hole merger to date, and it gives researchers ...

In a science lab on the fourth floor of UTSA's Multidisciplinary Studies Building, UTSA students engage in meticulous choreography around a glowing furnace, melting rocks to produce lava. Subscribe to ...

Daejeon, South Korea, and Vilnius, Lithuania, 2 June 2025 – Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), a leading small satellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, has been selected by the Institute ...

1 computer optical disc in pocket. 'In recent years, planetary science has seen a tremendous growth in new knowledge. Deposits of water ice exist at the Moon's poles. Discoveries on the surface of ...

Deep inside planets like Uranus and Neptune, scientists may have uncovered a bizarre new state of matter where atoms behave ...

Preliminary budget cuts proposed by the Trump Administration would slash a huge swath out of NASA’s Venus science funding. And it would spell the end of the space agency’s much anticipated $500 ...

In the 2025-2026 academic year, the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences is conducting two searches for new faculty: one for a tenure-track position in any area of astrophysical and ...

The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS) provides an independent, authoritative forum for identifying and discussing issues in astrobiology and planetary science with the research ...