Observations of the Southern Ring Nebula led scientists to realize that it is actually a double ring shaped by the interactions of three stars. Find out more about it in this article.
NASA’s planet-hunting telescope has discovered its first rogue planet within the analysis of 1.3 million light curves gathered over its years in orbit. Learn more about it in this article.
NASA’s optical communications demonstration has achieved 25 Mbps in a test for transmitting engineering data back to Earth. Find out more about it in this article.
Scientists used the data collected by NASA’s Juno probe to create animations of dramatic features of Jupiter’s moon Io. Learn more about it in this article.
The encounter was initially thought to have a 65-feet distance, but further investigations reveal that the two crafts were just around 33 feet apart. Read to learn more.