On Oct. 6 the Moon’s thin crescent slipped in front of Jupiter, creating a rare occultation that photographers across North America captured in vivid detail.
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A 165‑million‑year‑old mammal fossil from Inner Mongolia reveals the earliest known evidence of chewing and suckling, key mammalian traits.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Grace reached the International Space Station in 7 hours 55 minutes on Oct. 1, establishing the fastest launch‑to‑docking time for any U.S. spacecraft.
A team of astronomers reports the first candidate for a planet born from the debris of a dead star, orbiting the white dwarf HS 0209+083.
Early on Tuesday, Oct. 6, a waning crescent moon will pass in front of Jupiter, creating a rare lunar occultation visible from eastern North America and parts of Africa.
A team at Oregon State University has created a sulfur‑based metal‑organic framework that splits water into hydrogen using only sunlight, offering a cheaper route to clean fuel.
Researchers have identified a candidate Jupiter-mass planet, HD 156295 b, orbiting within the habitable zone of an A-type star nearly 2,000 °C hotter than the Sun.
Astronomers have identified a hot white dwarf whose atmosphere contains trans‑iron elements and a photometric signal consistent with a second‑generation planet formed from stellar waste.
NASA has moved the PRIMA Probe Explorer mission into Phase B, positioning it as the agency's first far‑infrared survey spacecraft slated for a 2033 launch.
Physicists at Brookhaven's RHIC observed an unexpected dip in transverse momentum correlations from gold‑nucleus collisions, a possible sign of the long‑sought QCD critical point.