Space
The science team is studying the clouds, which arrived earlier and formed higher than expected, to learn more about the Red Planet. »
In the sparse collection of atoms that fills interstellar space, Voyager 1 has measured (...) »
The milestone, which the MOXIE instrument achieved by converting carbon dioxide into oxygen, points the way to future human exploration of the Red Planet. »
The small rotorcraft made history, hovering above Jezero Crater, demonstrating that powered, controlled flight on another planet is possible. »
New observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope indicate that the rogue comet 2I/Borisov, which is only (...) »
Stars form in stellar eggs, cosmic clouds of gas and dust that collapse due to gravity. »
New measure of ‘Hubble constant’ highlights discrepancy between estimates of our cosmic fate. »
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has today revealed a new view of the massive object at (...) »
Scientists have long theorized that supermassive black holes can wander through space—but catching them in the act has proven difficult. »
Transformed from a gaseous planet like Neptune to a hot, rocky world with a poisonous atmosphere, GJ 1132 b shows that planets can undergo drastic physical changes. »
Sparks triggered by friction under normal atmospheric conditions would likely be small. »
For the first time, a wayward comet-like object has been spotted near the family of ancient asteroids. »
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover got its first high-definition look around its new home in Jezero Crater on Feb. 21, after rotating its mast, or “head,” 360 degrees, allowing the rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument to capture its first panorama after touching down on the Red Planet on Feb 18. »
Findings suggest the first galaxies in the universe were more massive than previously thought. »
Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have received the first status report from the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, (...) »
The chromosphere remains the most mysterious of the Sun’s atmospheric layers. Sandwiched between the bright surface and the ethereal solar corona, the Sun’s outer atmosphere (...) »
The agency’s latest and most complex mission to the Red Planet has touched down at Jezero Crater. Now it’s time to begin testing the health of the rover. »
Using observations from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, an international team of astronomers has discovered a trio of hot worlds larger than Earth. »
Scientists have suggested a new explanation for the abundance in intermediate-mass exoplanets – a long-standing puzzle in astronomy. »
Researchers have detected water vapor ascending to the upper atmosphere of Mars, adding further to the body of evidence that the Red Planet was once partially blue. »
The red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 is home to the largest group of roughly Earth-size planets ever found in a single stellar system. »
Using a combination of telescopes, astronomers have revealed a system consisting of six exoplanets, five of which are locked in a rare rhythm around their central star. »
Astronomers have, for the first time, witnessed the death of a distant galaxy, which they describe as a "truly extreme event." »
Scientists have discovered a huge 'super Earth' planet near one of the oldest stars in the galaxy. »
Summer in Antarctica is marked by days in which the Sun never sets, balmy temperatures that hover as high as freezing, and electric-blue clouds of ice. »
The galaxy GN-z11 might not have a flashy name, but it appears to be the most distant and oldest galaxy ever detected, scientists have found. »
Twenty-five years ago, NASA sent history's first probe into the atmosphere of the solar system's largest planet. But the information returned by the Galileo probe during its descent into Jupiter caused head-scratching: The atmosphere it was plunging into was much denser and hotter than scientists expected. »
Advanced optics capture structures as small as 20 kilometers on the surface of the sun. »
Astronomers using data from the ongoing VLA Sky Survey have found distant galaxies with supermassive black holes at their cores that have launched powerful, radio-emitting jets of material within the past two decades or so. »
Another galaxy was absorbed into our own after colliding with the Milky Way some 10 billion years ago, astronomers have revealed. »
The instrument platform of the 305-meter telescope at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico fell at approximately 7:55 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time Dec. 1. »
An international team of astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge, announced the most detailed ever catalogue of the stars in a huge swathe of our Milky Way galaxy. »
Io is the most volcanically active moon in our solar system. »
New lab experiments re-create the environment of Europa and find that the icy moon shines, even on its nightside. The effect is more than just a cool visual. »
Planets orbiting close to the most abundant and longest-lasting stars in our Milky Way may be less hospitable to life than previously thought. »