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Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about ...

When NASA astronauts return to the moon under the Artemis campaign and eventually venture farther into the solar system, they ...

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

Robert Lee Hotz covered new research and its impact on society for The Wall Street Journal.

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The agency said that key components of the ambitious project, including the Long March 10 heavy-lift carrier rocket, the ...

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Large hailstones made of ammonia may explain why the gas is missing from large pockets of Jupiter's atmosphere.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — High school students in the Black Hills interested in physics got to participate in a hands-on study of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in the South Pole.