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Year in Science

January/February 2019

Talk about TESS-elation (groan.)

New Satellite TESS Launches to Search for Planets

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Discover the new planets, moons, health advances, and ancient history uncovered in 2024. 

9 of the Most Remarkable Scientific Discoveries of 2024

The natal disk of PDS 70 with new planet PDS 70b (bright spot on the right). By studying this system, researchers uncovered a mismatched composition of gases in the planet’s atmosphere compared to gases within the disk. (CREDIT: ESO/A. Müller et al.)


Exoplanet Birth

Understand how observations using some new imaging techniques may change the way we think about how planets are formed.

Young Planet Contains Different Mix of Materials Than the Disc that Birthed It

NASA vehicle launching into space

What does NASA use to send people and equipment into space? Find out the launch vehicles of today. 

7 of NASA’s Aerospace Launch Vehicles Currently in Use

Artist's impression of a Sun-like star exhibiting a superflare as seen in visible light. (Credit: MPS/Alexey Chizhik)


Superflare

Learn how violent solar storms shower Earth with radioactive atoms.

Violent Solar Storms Can Rage in the Universe About Every 100 Years 

The weather on the outer planets, including Jupiter, is tempestuous at best, being characterized by turbulent storms. (Credit: Artsiom P/Shutterstock)

The weather on the outer planets is tempestuous at best, being characterized by turbulent storms.

Discover what the Hubble Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program has learned about the outer planets, including Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

A Decade of Observation Decodes the Storms of the Outer Solar System

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Check out why even with a nearly full moon, you may still be able to see this meteor shower. 

New Satellite TESS Launches to Search for Planets

Talk about TESS-elation (groan.)

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