Mars Organics Can’t Be Fully Explained by Geological Processes Alone, NASA Study Says
Known non-biological sources, from meteorites to surface chemistry, fall short of accounting for organic compounds detected by NASA’s…
New observations show that Jupiter is smaller than expected
The largest planet in our solar system may actually be smaller than we thought. New measurements taken by NASA’s…
NASA Detects Most Powerful Eruption Ever on Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io
Jupiter’s moon Io is covered in hundreds of volcanoes, which spew fountains of lava that constantly refill impact…
China advances plans for dual solar system boundary missions
HELSINKI — China has published coordinated papers outlining dual missions to the solar system’s edge, suggesting the long-studied…
how Earth’s final days will unfold, according to science
The Sun will one day swell into a red giant, turning Earth into a dry, lifeless world. Belén…
From 3I/ATLAS to SWAN: How 2025 became the year of the comet
The year 2025 has captivated stargazers worldwide as three remarkable comets surged into the inner solar system, dazzling…
‘Alien battleship’ reaches closest point to Earth
A mysterious object that a controversial scientist claims could be an alien battleship reached its closest point to…
XMM-Newton Offers Incredible X-ray View of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton observatory have captured an X-ray image of 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object to…
The Sun Survived a Close Call With 2 Massive Stars 4.4 Million Years Ago, Data Shows
In the early 1990s, the Hubble Space Telescope picked up something odd in the local clouds that surround…
These celestial objects survive the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
At the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, there is a supermassive black hole about 4 million…
Hubble Takes New Look at Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
The Hubble team has released a stunning new image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the…
For the first time, scientists may have discovered an exomoon located 133 light-years from Earth
Many mysteries still remain in the universe, and this is the case of the exomoons. As a reminder,…