Asteroid Donaldjohanson is Wobbly, Peanut-Shaped Object with Watery Past, Scientists Say
The main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, a heavily cratered fragment born from a catastrophic breakup 155 million years ago, appears…
Saturn’s Icy Moon Is the Perfect Place to Settle, NASA Scientist Argues
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is the only known satellite in the solar system to feature an atmosphere, which…
Europa life theory: Study explores whether Earth microbes reached Jupiter’s icy moon |
Europa has long occupied a special place in discussions about extraterrestrial life. Beneath its fractured shell of ice…
Eternal ‘star’: asteroid named after firefighter killed in Hong Kong blaze
An asteroid discovered by a Hong Kong-born astronomer has been named after a firefighter who died in the…
The ‘Persian Gulf of Space’: NASA study says Saturn’s moon Titan holds vast natural gas and water reserves |
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may one day become one of humanity’s most valuable destinations beyond Earth. A recent…
Is Planet Nine Real? New Discovery at the Edge of the Solar System Adds a Twist
The Sun’s gravitational pull extends more than 160 times further into space than Neptune. Credit: Vadim Petrakov The…
Rare Sahara meteorite may be a fragment of a lost planet destroyed at the solar system’s dawn
Scientists have proposed that Northwest Africa 12774, a meteorite recovered from the Sahara Desert, may be debris from…
SpaceX’s Thesis Sounds Far-Fetched. Is There Any Way This Company Could Ever Make Money?
There’s an old adage that if you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Missed Nvidia in 2009?…
Jupiter Accelerates Electrons to Near-Light Speed, Offering Clues to Cosmic Ray Origins
The giant planet’s bow shock isn’t just deflecting the solar wind, it’s acting as a powerful particle accelerator,…
Astronomers detect winds from a black hole reaching 30% of the speed of light
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing two black holes. Recently, astronomers have detected powerful winds in a…
Scientists Find Chunk of Lost Planet in Desert
The solar system as we know it today began to form roughly 4.6 billion years ago, with the…
See it: Strong solar flare caught on camera erupting from the sun
Space enthusiasts have been put on alert after Nasa released a stunning image of solar flares this week.…