Solar orbiter’s first science data shows the sun at its quietest Three of the Solar Orbiter spacecraft’s instruments, including Imperial’s…
Planet collision simulations give clues to atmospheric loss from moon’s origin Earth could have lost anywhere between ten and 60…
Salty lake, ponds may be gurgling beneath Mars’ South Pole A network of salty ponds may be gurgling beneath Mars’…
First candidate for an extragalactic planet identified A team of researchers from the U.S. and China has found the first…
Back to Venus: Upstart company wants to beat NASA in search for life Can a small American aerospace company get…
New measurements show moon has hazardous radiation levels Future moon explorers will be bombarded with two to three times more…
Air Force, SpaceX mum about sky-high rocket costs Five years ago, Elon Musk, the multibillionaire CEO of the SpaceX rocket…
Could life exist deep underground on Mars? Recent science missions and results are bringing the search for life closer to…
NASA’s new Mars rover will use X-rays to hunt fossils NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has a challenging road ahead:…
New technology is a ‘science multiplier’ for astronomy Federal funding of new technology is crucial for astronomy, according to results…
The four most promising worlds for alien life in the solar system The Earth’s biosphere contains all the known ingredients…
Infrared eyes on Enceladus: Hints of fresh ice in northern hemisphere Scientists used data gathered by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during…
VLBA makes first direct distance measurement to magnetar Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have…
Hubble captures crisp new portrait of Jupiter’s storms This latest image of Jupiter, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on…
Can life survive a star’s death? Webb telescope can reveal the answer When stars like our sun die, all that…
Solar cycle 25 is here. NASA, NOAA scientists explain what that means Solar Cycle 25 has begun. During a media…
A warm Jupiter orbiting a cool star A planet observed crossing in front of, or transiting, a low-mass star has…
The evolving chemistry of protoplanetary disks Planets form from the gas and dust in disks that surround young stars. Chemicals…
China says Mars probe stable; no word on reusable spacecraft China’s Mars probe Tianwen-1, which blasted into space in July,…
Carbon-rich exoplanets may be made of diamonds As missions like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, TESS and Kepler continue to provide…
Gather Moon rocks for us, NASA urges private companies NASA on Thursday announced it was in the market for Moon…
How small particles could reshape Bennu and other asteroids In January 2019, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft was orbiting asteroid Bennu when…
Meteorites show transport of material in early solar system New studies of a rare type of meteorite show that material…
‘Mighty mice’ stay musclebound in space, boon for astronauts Bulked-up, mutant “mighty mice” held onto their muscle during a monthlong…
China’s first reusable spacecraft lands after 2-day flight China’s first reusable spacecraft landed Sunday after two days in orbit, a…
Geologic age of Finsen Crater on far side of the moon found to be 3.5 billion years The absolute model…
Solar eclipse measured on Mars, affects interior NASA’s InSight mission provides data from the surface of Mars. Its seismometer, equipped…
New observations show planet-forming disc torn apart by its three central stars A team of astronomers have identified the first…
Has Earth’s oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years? To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron…
Researchers predict location of novel candidate for mysterious dark energy Astronomers have known for two decades that the expansion of…
