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Perseverance analyzes the first sounds from Mars
The NASA Perseverance rover, which has been exploring the Jezero Crater on Mars since February 2021, has recorded the acoustic environment of the red planet for the first time.
April 1, 2022 Read more
When worlds collide: Studying impact craters to uncover the secrets of the solar system
While for humans the constants might be death and taxes, for planets the constants are gravity and collisions.
March 30, 2022 Read more
Record broken: Hubble spots farthest star ever seen
The Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of a star that existed within the first billion years after the universe's birth in the big bang - the farthest individual star ever seen to date.
March 30, 2022 Read more
Stellar motions reveal backbone of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Using data from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Clouds system, researchers confirmed the existence of elongated orbits which are at the backbone of the bar formation process.
March 29, 2022 Read more
Hey DUDE: Mysterious death of carbon star plays out like six-ring circus
Scientists studying V Hydrae have witnessed the star's mysterious death throes in unprecedented detail.
March 28, 2022 Read more
DARPA kicks off program to explore space-based manufacturing
Eight teams selected to pioneer novel ways of designing and manufacturing large structures on orbit.
March 26, 2022 Read more
The wild years of our Milky Way galaxy
Astronomers reconstruct the turbulent past life of our home galaxy.
March 26, 2022 Read more
Large moons may be a clue for habitable planets
A new study examines moon formation and concludes that only certain types of planets could form moons that are large in respect to their host planets.
March 26, 2022 Read more
How to detect exoplanets' atmospheres
The planetary atmosphere outside the solar system can be revealed by measuring bandpass-dependent transit depths, according to a new study.
March 26, 2022 Read more
Astronomers discover a mysterious, new type of wave in the Sun whose speed defies explanation
Scientists have discovered a new set of waves in the Sun that, unexpectedly, appear to travel much faster than predicted by theory.
March 24, 2022 Read more
Scientists solve solar secret
The further we move away from a heat source, the cooler the air gets. Bizarrely, the same can't be said for the Sun, but scientists may have just explained a key part of why.
March 24, 2022 Read more
Pulverizing a planet killer (w/video)
Researchers contemplate the premise of 'Don't Look Up' and the technology needed to save humanity from an existential cosmic threat.
March 24, 2022 Read more
Astronomers reveal remarkable simulations of the early universe, from the Dark Ages to first light (w/video)
New high-resolution simulations show one million galaxies forming some 13 billion years ago.
March 24, 2022 Read more
Getting the thick and thin on the Milky-Way's evolution
The Milky Way may have evolved in different phases, beginning with the formation of disk stellar populations about thirteen billion years ago, scientists suggest.
March 23, 2022 Read more
Astronomers map the movement of white dwarfs of the Milky Way
White dwarfs were once normal stars similar to the Sun but then collapsed after exhausting all their fuel. These interstellar remnants have historically been difficult to study. However, a recent study reveals new information about the movement patterns of these puzzling stars.
March 23, 2022 Read more
Study analyses the characteristics of Apophis, the asteroid that will approach Earth in 2029
The Apophis asteroid was discovered in 2004 and has been monitored since then due to its classification as a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA), as it was estimated that it would have a 2% chance of hitting Earth.
March 22, 2022 Read more
Space-grown lettuce could help astronauts avoid bone loss
Scientists report transgenic lettuce that produces a bone-stimulating hormone. Someday, astronauts could grow the lettuce in space and help guard against bone loss - simply by eating a big bowl of salad.
March 22, 2022 Read more
Astronomers reveal best image yet of mysterious ORCs in space
We now have the clearest image of the latest mysterious object in our known universe, odd radio circles (or ORCs). ORCs are so faint, rare and far away, that it takes the world's most advanced radio telescopes to find and describe them.
March 21, 2022 Read more