Scientists Just Found the Solar System’s Original “Planet Factory”
Just outside Jupiter’s orbit, a ring-shaped region of high gas pressure formed. In this “dust trap,” over several…
When Soviet engineers landed Venera 13 on the surface of Venus in 1982, they expected the probe to survive maybe thirty minutes in the planet’s lead-melting heat and crushing pressure — it survived 127 minutes and sent back the first color photographs ever taken from the surface of another planet
On March 1, 1982, a Soviet spacecraft called Venera 13 descended through the dense yellow atmosphere of Venus…
Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017, roughly 12,000 light-years in diameter…
Scottish Mortgage to keep Space X holding for ‘off-planet’ growth – The Times
Scottish Mortgage to keep Space X holding for ‘off-planet’ growth The TimesWhy Scottish Mortgage won’t be forced to sell…
‘The sun would all but disappear, and the moon would always look full’: A radio astronomer shares her mind-bending view of the universe
Long before Neil Armstrong piloted the first crewed lunar lander onto the moon and uttered his now-famous words…
Mineral ring on Mars reveals an ocean that lasted a million years
For years, researchers have pointed to ancient shoreline shapes in Mars’ northern lowlands as evidence of a past…
What is Star City, the Cold War cosmonaut training town in Apple TV’s new space series?
On May 29, Apple TV will launch “Star City,” their 10-episode spinoff of “For All Mankind” that depicts…
Students Build Moon Robots for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge
Katherine Rauscher of Michigan Technological University prepares her team’s prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals…
Mystery GPS jammer in Iran becomes test for NASA satellites’ capabilities
NASA satellites designed to observe cyclone wind speeds and collapsing ice sheets have also proven capable of identifying…
Chinese Startup Fires ‘Blazing’ Oxygen-Rich Engine for Deep Space Missions
The space industry is gearing up for longer-duration missions to the Moon and beyond, and that requires new…
In 1992, the number of confirmed planets outside our solar system was zero — and as of this year, NASA’s exoplanet archive lists more than 6,000 of them, with the lead scientist on the archive predicting the number could hit 100,000 within the next seven years
The official tally of confirmed planets outside our solar system, maintained by NASA’s Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech,…
The asteroid that ended the dinosaurs happened to strike a shallow seabed rich in sulphur and buried hydrocarbons, throwing soot and aerosols into the sky — and researchers argue the same rock hitting most other places might not have ended their reign.
The asteroid that struck near Chicxulub, in what is now the Yucatán Peninsula, about 66 million years ago…