Six billion tonnes a second: Rogue planet found growing at record rate
Press Release 2 October 2025 Astronomers have identified an enormous ‘growth spurt’ in a so-called rogue planet. Unlike…
Interstellar comet swinging past Mars as a fleet of spacecraft looks on
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A comet from another star system will swing by Mars on Friday as a…
A Soft Collision in the Early Solar System May Explain Mercury’s Giant Metal Heart
In the crowded early Solar System, young planets frequently collided and reshaped each other. But Mercury stood out.…
When is the next Starship launch? SpaceX announces date for flight 11
Elon Musk’s commercial spaceflight company is gearing for its fifth flight test of 2025 for a spacecraft that…
Webb spots moon-forming disk around massive exoplanet
When giant planets are forming, they often gather swirling disks of gas and dust around them, called circumplanetary…
Auroras blaze on a planet without a host star, baffling scientists
Forget your umbrella, today’s weather forecast comes not from Earth, but from a blazing rogue planet adrift in…
NASA’s Webb Just Revealed Something Astonishing in Saturn’s Atmosphere
Detections of near infrared emissions in Saturn’s ionosphere (left) show dark bead-like features embedded within bright aurora. In…
How to see Saturn at its closest viewpoint from Earth
Top astronomy events for September 2025 From a total lunar eclipse to Saturn shining bright all night long,…
Elon Musk, SpaceX prepare for Starship flight 11. What we know
Billionaire Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, has indicated his intent to ramp up the frequency of Starship launches…
Milky Way season comes to an end soon. Here’s how to see it
The Milky Way’s bright galactic center, home to a band of billions of stars, could still appear in…
Asteroid ice discovery may change ideas about origin of water on Earth
The parent body of near-Earth asteroid Ryugu appears to have harbored water in the form of ice for…
Team snaps pic of baby planet growing outside our solar system
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A team…