SpaceX just delivered some very strange cargo to the International Space Station
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station at 10:27 a.m. EDT on October 15, docking at…
Black hole jets may decide the fate of entire galaxies
Galaxies can contain hundreds of billions of stars, but every one of those stars begins with cold, dense…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover finds groundwater, lakes, and hot fluids in one place
A new study suggests that Jezero Crater’s mysterious “Margin Unit” records a far more complicated history of water…
Black hole jets may decide the fate of entire galaxies
Galaxies can contain hundreds of billions of stars, but every one of those stars begins with cold, dense…
NASA’s New Horizons spots signs of liquid nitrogen flowing on Pluto
A new analysis led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) suggests that liquid nitrogen may be moving upward through…
Moonquakes could reveal hidden water beneath the lunar surface
Water buried beneath the moon may be detectable by listening to how vibrations move through the lunar ground.…
Rogue planet moons could harbor alien life for billions of years
Liquid water is widely considered one of the key ingredients for life. But new research suggests that worlds…
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft uses Mars as a giant slingshot toward a mysterious metal world
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has successfully completed a close flyby of Mars, using the planet’s gravity to gain speed…
The Universe’s biggest black holes may be forged in violent mergers
Scientists studying gravitational waves believe they may have uncovered how the Universe creates its biggest black holes. Instead…
Webb space telescope finds a giant galaxy that doesn’t spin
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered an unexpected feature in a distant, early galaxy. Despite…
Astronomers discover giant cosmic sheet around the Milky Way
Nearly a century ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that almost all galaxies are receding from the Milky Way.…
Something strange is happening in the Milky Way’s magnetic field
For generations, scientists have studied the stars and planets to better understand how our galaxy works. Now, Dr.…