James Webb Telescope Finds Carbon-Rich Planet Nursery
In a cosmic twist worthy of a sci-fi plot, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to…
What did NASA’s Juno mission discover about Jupiter? Here are 5 mind-blowing findings..
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, peeling back layers of mystery around the Solar System’s…
Think Voyager was alone? Humanity has sent more missions to the outer solar system than you think!
The outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, have long fascinated astronomers and the public alike. These gas…
Inside the massive storm bigger than Earth
Voyager 2’s observations transformed planetary science. For the first time, astronomers could study the Great Red Spot as…
Webb discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists discover a new moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total…
Scientists Discover That Our Solar System’s Biggest Planet Was Once Much Larger, Playing A Huge Part In The Creation Of Other Planets » TwistedSifter
Kevin M. Gill/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS With a diameter of 88,846 miles at its equator, Jupiter is the biggest planet in…
Mars rover captures stunning blue skies on Red Planet | Features
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS via SWNS) By Dean Murray How’s this for a holiday snap? A robot has snapped an image…
Hubble Captures Most Detailed Images Yet of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
According to an analysis of the new images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the nucleus of 3I/ATLAS…
Essay: The hunt for ‘planet nine’ – why there could still be something massive at the edge of the Solar System
In an article first published on The Conversation, IAN WHITTAKER looks at the evidence for a massive undiscovered…
Underground Microbial Life Could Survive on Mars, Europa and Enceladus Using Cosmic Rays
Radiolysis induced by Galactic cosmic rays could provide a viable energy source for microbial metabolism in the subsurface…
Neptune Dances in Sync With a Rare Distant Object, Astronomers Find
For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described…
An interstellar visitor could soon be visible to the naked eye in the night sky
An image showing an object with a tail behind it. (Image source: Robert Lea – Canva) The interstellar…