Europa’s Hidden Ocean May Be Even Harder to Reach Than We Thought
Earlier this year, researchers warned against the dangers of “fluffy ice” on Europa’s surface. If unaccounted for, missions…
NASA’s Juno Takes Temperature of Jupiter’s Fiery Moon Io
NASA’s Juno mission has provided the first measurements of the temperature below the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io,…
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…
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…
Weird Mountains on Pluto’s Largest Moon Charon Reveals a Surprising Past
The solar system’s icy moons are natural labs for astronomy’s most fascinating discoveries. And Charon, Pluto’s largest moon,…
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…
High nitrogen and carbon isotopic ratios in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Williams, G. V. et al. Comet C/2017 u1 (PanSTARRS). Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2017-U181 (2017). Denneau, L. et…
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…
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…