Oceans in the fire: How magma and hydrogen forge massive quantities of planetary water
In the beginning, when planets were newborn, they glowed like furnaces, vast oceans of molten rock wrapped in…
Eugene Shoemaker: The only human buried on the Moon, and why NASA honoured him |
Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) Eugene Shoemaker holds a unique place in space history; he is the…
Madagascar’s tilted past: How two ancient rifts sculpted a living island
Madagascar’s cliffs, rolling plateaus, and winding rivers weren’t shaped by a single violent event. Instead, the island’s breathtaking…
How a young Jupiter saved Earth from falling into the Sun
Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals,…
Moon dust from Chang’e-6 mission reveals asteroids carried water to Earth
In a discovery that could rewrite what we know about where water comes from and the building blocks…
NASA confirms a new quasi-moon orbiting the Earth until 2083
Earth has just acquired a new best friend in space – a small asteroid named 2025 PN7. Not…
Could humans build floating cities on Venus?
The dream of living on another planet has intrigued scientists, engineers, and explorers for a long time. Now,…
Moon’s largest impact crater helps explain why the near side and far side look so different
As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal…
Titan’s icy surface hides a chemical mystery that could explain how life began
For decades, chemistry students have learned a simple truth: polar and nonpolar substances don’t mix. Water and oil…
Scientists Just Detected a Long-Lost Planet ‘Hiding’ Inside Earth
If proto-Earth had all its parts and chemistry replaced to become the Earth we know today, can the…
5 reasons why 3I/ATLAS differs from the first interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
3I/ATLAS: Initial observations suggest a nucleus size ranging from 0.32 to 5.6 kilometers, with a most likely diameter…
Venus’s clouds contain massive reservoirs of water and iron
Venus has long been called a dry, hellish planet veiled in clouds of liquid acid. But new study…