Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS heads toward Earth. How close will it get?
Here’s everything to know about 3I/ATLAS’s impending rendezvous with Earth and how you might be able to witness…
Voyager 1 will be one light-day, 16 billion miles, from us next year
It takes a beam of light a single day to travel 16.1 billion miles, a distance known as…
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Scientists discover little-explored planet that rains shards of glass
Space is full of weird but wonderful things, from unusual rocks on Mars that don’t actually belong there…
Theia, the planet at the origin of the Moon, may have formed close to the Sun
If the Moon is the natural satellite of the Earth, this has not always been the case. Indeed,…
Moon-Forming Protoplanet Theia Originated from Inner Solar System, New Research Suggests
The Moon formed from a giant impact of the proto-Earth with the ancient protoplanet Theia. In a new…
4.6 billion years ago, Jupiter saved Earth during its formation
When the solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago, a gigantic cloud of dust and gas collapsed…
Blue Origin to launch giant New Glenn rocket again. How to watch
On the eve of the scheduled launch window opening up, here’s how to watch a livestream as the…
The last probe orbiting Venus has just shut down, and that’s not good news
Venus is often considered to be the twin of Earth, notably due to certain similarities. But for the…
Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier retreats 8km in weeks, fastest on record
The research was led by Naomi Ochwat, a University of Colorado glaciologist, who had been studying other ice…
After 20 years of research, astronomers discover a planet that looks strangely like Earth
For years, many astronomers have been searching for exoplanets in the universe. And although some of them are…
Unexpected Mixture of Hydrogen Cyanide and Hydrocarbons May Exist on Saturn’s Moon Titan
Titan offers great motivation for the detailed study of organic chemistry in unconventional conditions. Nonpolar hydrocarbons such as…
Baker’s Yeast Can Survive Mars-like Stress Conditions, New Study Shows
Exploring the possibility of the survival of life under extraterrestrial conditions is an important goal of astrobiology. In…