Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope solves the mystery of a planet that survived its Sun’s death |
A white dwarf is usually thought of as the quiet remnant left behind after a star has exhausted…
Perseverance Finds Complex Organic Matter on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered the most extensive evidence yet of complex organic molecules on Mars, detecting macromolecular…
NASA’s New Horizons Reveals a Hidden Interstellar Slowdown at the Solar System’s Edge
For obvious reasons, the Sun’s influence weakens as you get closer to the edge of the solar system.…
Scientists Think Uranus and Neptune May Not Be the Ice Giants We Imagined
Before the Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus and Neptune, these two distant planets were thought to be cold,…
Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Is Bursting With an Unexpected Chemical
An artist’s impression of 3I/ATLAS is shown as it passes near the Sun, illuminating one side of the…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed Up To 12 Billion Years Ago, New Observations Suggest
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries a chemical fingerprint unlike anything in our Solar System, and it may have…
Asteroid Donaldjohanson is Wobbly, Peanut-Shaped Object with Watery Past, Scientists Say
The main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, a heavily cratered fragment born from a catastrophic breakup 155 million years ago, appears…
Saturn’s Icy Moon Is the Perfect Place to Settle, NASA Scientist Argues
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is the only known satellite in the solar system to feature an atmosphere, which…
Radar Observations Reveal New Clues about Europa’s Hidden Interior
Using NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar and NSF’s Green Bank Telescope, astronomers from the University of California, Los…
Europa life theory: Study explores whether Earth microbes reached Jupiter’s icy moon |
Europa has long occupied a special place in discussions about extraterrestrial life. Beneath its fractured shell of ice…
The ‘Persian Gulf of Space’: NASA study says Saturn’s moon Titan holds vast natural gas and water reserves |
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may one day become one of humanity’s most valuable destinations beyond Earth. A recent…
Is Planet Nine Real? New Discovery at the Edge of the Solar System Adds a Twist
The Sun’s gravitational pull extends more than 160 times further into space than Neptune. Credit: Vadim Petrakov The…