Earth May Not Be a Cosmic Fluke, New Simulations Suggest
This artist’s impression shows the temperate planet Ross 128 b, with its red dwarf parent star in the…
BepiColombo Begins Final Approach to Mercury
After nearly eight years and billions of kilometers of travel, BepiColombo — a science mission led by ESA…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Spots Phobos Crossing the Sun
Perseverance has caught the silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian moons, sweeping across the solar disk…
NASA’s Voyager Probes: See the Best Photos As 49-Year Trek Nears End
Voyager 2, a pioneer in outer solar system exploration, left Earth for interstellar space 49 years ago, on…
Mars Meteorite Found in Algeria Dates Back to a Previously Hidden Time
A Martian rock was flung from our neighboring planet and made its way to Earth, landing in the…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: A look at the stars of Harry Potter | Astronomy
Today: One minor Harry Potter character actually has two well-known star names: Regulus Arcturus Black, the brother of…
Inouye Solar Telescope Discovers Hidden Plasma Vortices on Sun
Astronomers using the 4-m Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii have detected tiny plasma vortices on the…
Pluto’s Thin Atmosphere May Be Starting to Shrink
Pluto’s tenuous atmosphere appears to have begun contracting after years of holding steady, according to a new study…
Chinese rocket scientists find ‘most effective’ way to nuke a doomsday asteroid
Chinese researchers believe they may have found the most effective way to destroy or deflect a large, Earth-threatening…
Rocks From the Moon’s Far Side Are Rewriting Lunar History
Moon rocks returned from a rarely sampled region are offering a new view of the Solar System’s turbulent…
Hidden Clues in Spirit Rover Data Suggest Mars Once Had Far More Water than Scientists Realized
A new look at more than two decades’ worth of archival data from NASA’s Spirit mission suggests that…
Europa’s Ice Shell May Be Tougher Barrier than Planetary Scientists Hoped
Europa’s subsurface ocean has long topped astrobiologists’ wish lists as a place to search for life beyond Earth.…