One Asteroid Collision May Have Rocked Earth, Mars, and the Moon
A Southwest Research Institute-led study has connected a specific asteroid collision in the main belt to an inner-solar-system-wide…
NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet
New research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of…
Pluto’s moon Charon may have once spun once every 14 hours, and its ancient mountains still record how it slowed down |
For decades, Charon was often viewed as the quieter half of the Pluto system, a frozen world marked…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reads Record of Ancient Mars Impacts
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered evidence that a 245-foot-thick (75-meter-thick) stack of ancient rock on the rim…
Saturn’s Largest Moon May Hold the Resources for a Space Colony
Artist’s rendering of Titan’s interior, with the Cassini spacecraft in orbit and Saturn in the distance. Credit: NASA…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes from Hibernation in Good Health
Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good…
Both Pluto and Titan Share a Mystery Molecule That’s Never Been Seen Before
Every element has a unique set of absorption and emission lines that create spectral signatures. These signals are…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Microwaves from outer space | Astronomy
Today: Let’s learn about Capella. It is the fourth brightest star we can see in Ellensburg. It is…
This Strange Martian Rock Contains a Mineral Scientists Never Expected To Find
Mars, the red planet. Credit: University of Portsmouth Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown Martian rock containing a…
James Webb Uncovers the Atmosphere of a Hellish Lava World 41 Light-Years Away
Artist’s illustration of lava exoplanet CoRoT-7 b. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada JWST data suggest 55 Cancri e may be…
Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon, Could Become a ‘Gas Station’ for Deep Space Missions
Credit: ZME Science. What if I told you there is a moon in the solar system whose fossil…
Why Mars May Remain Uninhabitable for Centuries
Realistic image of a completely terraformed Mars. Credit: Daein Ballard Making Mars Earthlike is not impossible in principle,…