Space
The agency’s lander felt the ground shake during the impact while cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the yawning new crater from space. »
The observatory’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) provides a different view of the famous pillars, revealing young stars that have not yet cast off their dusty “cloaks.” »
The rover has arrived at a special region believed to have formed as Mars’ climate was drying. »
Astronomers have observed directly for the first time how intense light from stars can ‘push’ matter. »
Most theories behind the formation of the moon propose that it originated from the coalescence of debris over the years after earth collided with an enormous mass. »
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope astronomers have discovered the heaviest element ever found in an exoplanet atmosphere — barium. »
An international team of researchers has revealed new evidence for the possible existence of liquid water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars. »
Two of NASA’s Great Observatories, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have captured views of a unique NASA experiment designed to intentionally smash a spacecraft into a small asteroid in the world’s first-ever in-space test for planetary defense. »
After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration – successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space. »
ESO’s Very Large Telescope has imaged the result of a spectacular cosmic collision — the galaxy NGC 7727. This giant was born from the merger of two galaxies, an event that started around a billion years ago. »
The latest findings provide greater detail on a region of the Red Planet that has a watery past and is yielding promising samples for the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return campaign. »
While astronomers have seen the debris from scores of exploded stars in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, it is often difficult to determine the timeline of the star’s demise. »
Below the thick icy crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa is a massive, global ocean where the snow floats upwards onto inverted ice peaks and submerged ravines. »
On March 27, Lucy’s science team discovered that the smallest of the mission’s Trojan asteroid targets, Polymele, has a satellite of its own. »
A team of international experts, renowned for debunking several black hole discoveries, have found a stellar-mass black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbour galaxy to our own. »
Approximately 1,800 miles beneath our feet, swirling liquid iron in the Earth's outer core generates our planet's protective magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is vital for life on Earth's surface because it shields the planet from solar wind—streams of radiation. »
Pluto's life partner, Charon, has a disarming red 'cap'. Ever since New Horizons snapped the moon's rust-tinted north pole on its 2015 flyby, scientists have pondered the planetary processes responsible for leaving such a bold landmark. »
Observations of the giant planets reveal excess haze on Uranus affects its hue. »
Will biosignatures be found in extraterrestrial oceans? »
A team of astronomers, with the help of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), have observed a new type of stellar explosion — a micronova. »
Ozone in the atmosphere found to have weakened one of Earth's main cooling mechanisms. »
Estimated to be magnitude 5, the quake is the biggest ever detected on another planet. »
A new study based on recordings made by the rover finds that the speed of (...) »
One of humanity's earliest inventions could be the key to safe interstellar travel. »
The count of confirmed exoplanets just ticked past the 5,000 mark, representing a 30-year journey of discovery led by NASA space telescopes. »
Newly discovered 2020 XL5 dwarfs other known Earth Trojan asteroid. »
A supermassive black hole 9 billion light-years away appears to have a companion black hole (...) »
Object is located in rare low-mass stripped nucleus. »
Massachusetts Institute of Technology astronomers have obtained (...) »
Astronomers use adaptive optics system that reduces distortion. »
Rare phenomenon left long streams of debris in its wake. »
Scientists analyze images from Juno satellite to study enormous polar cyclones. »
Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust. »
A team of astronomers have found evidence of another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri (...) »
Researchers examining archives find more than 70 Jupiter-sized orphan planets. »