Moon dust from Chang’e-6 mission reveals asteroids carried water to Earth
In a discovery that could rewrite what we know about where water comes from and the building blocks…
Scientists Just Detected a Long-Lost Planet ‘Hiding’ Inside Earth
If proto-Earth had all its parts and chemistry replaced to become the Earth we know today, can the…
Could humans build floating cities on Venus?
The dream of living on another planet has intrigued scientists, engineers, and explorers for a long time. Now,…
Scientists track 1,000 Martian dust devils racing at record speeds | Outdoors
ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) captured this dust devil tracking across the martian surface on 3 December…
How Biosphere 2 is paving the way for Mars colonization
Biosphere 2 is a research facility located near Tucson, Ariz. Credit: Katja Schulz/Flickr, CC BY From a distance, Biosphere…
Earth May Not Be So Special After All, New Study Finds
Illustration of exoplanet K2-18b. The planet is thought to have a thick gas envelope and no global ocean.…
Mystery Ozone Surge Discovered in Mars’s Winter Darkness
A view of the north pole of Mars, created by taking images as seen by the European Space…
A Giant Asteroid Struck Australia 11 Million Years Ago. So Where Is the Crater?
Scientists have discovered a new field of rare glass fragments in Australia, created by a massive asteroid impact…
Growing baby planet captured for first time in dark circle | Features
(Laird Close/Univ. of Arizona via SWNS) By Talker By Dean Murray A team of astronomers has detected for…
New Research Identifies Moonquake Dangers That Could Threaten Future Lunar Missions
New research suggests that subtle tremors beneath the lunar surface, not meteor strikes, may be responsible for reshaping…
An Asteroid’s Billion-Year-Old Secret Is a “Genuine Surprise” to Scientists
Asteroid Ryugu’s samples reveal that liquid water persisted on its parent body for over a billion years, reshaping…
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.…