The asteroid belt is slowly vanishing, shedding dust and rocks
Lying between Mars and Jupiter is a massive ring of rock debris—the asteroid belt. Now thin, it’s fading…
How a planetary crash with Theia brought water and life to Earth
About 4.6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in…
Earth is getting darker and it’s changing the planet’s climate balance
For nearly twenty years, satellites have quietly gauged the flow of sunlight and heat through the Earth’s atmosphere.…
Dark matter and dark energy may not exist, new research finds
Scientists have long embraced the fact that forces beyond sight govern the universe. Dark matter, they think, holds…
Strange new mineral found on Mars points to past potential for life
For years, scientists staring at Mars through the eyes of orbiting spacecraft noticed something strange: a mysterious signal…
A wormhole from another universe? Scientists revisit the puzzling black hole GW190521
In May 2019, astronomers picked up something strange in the fabric of spacetime. The LIGO and Virgo detectors…
Inside the Milky Way Galaxy: James Webb Captures Breathtaking Images of Space ‘Largest Star-Forming Cloud’
See Breathtaking Images of Milky Way’s ‘Largest Star-Forming Cloud’ | Image: X The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)…
Silverpit Crater mystery solved: Asteroid crashed into the North Sea 43 million years ago
For more than 20 years, the Silverpit Crater deep under the North Sea has been the center of…