Astronomers catch a giant planet in its infancy
Astronomers have discovered evidence of a giant planet in the process of forming.
This provides the first-ever look at the earliest stages of the formation...
Why the Moon has two different faces?
The face that the Moon shows to Earth looks far different from the one it hides on its far side.
The nearside is dominated by...
Scientists detect the most distant galaxy on record
13.5 billion light-years away, it may be home to the oldest stars in the universe.
The most distant galaxy on record has been spotted by...
Astronomers detect extreme weather on ultra-hot Jupiters
In studying a unique class of ultra-hot exoplanets, NASA Hubble Space Telescope astronomers may be in the mood for dancing to the Calypso party...
According to NASA’s Perseverance rover, Mars is quiet… too quiet
If you want to hear what Mars has to say, you’re going to have to listen closely. Very closely.
It’s not that there isn’t any...
NASA’s Hubble finds a planet forming in an unconventional way
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has directly photographed evidence of a Jupiter-like protoplanet forming through what researchers describe as an "intense and violent process."
This discovery...
Magma in Martian mantle is still active! It triggers marsquakes again and again
Volcanic activity beneath the surface of Mars could be responsible for triggering repetitive marsquakes, which are similar to earthquakes, in a specific region of...
Chaos terrains may get oxygen into Europa’s hidden ocean
Salt water within the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa could be transporting oxygen into an ice-covered ocean of liquid water where it could...
What sounds captured by NASA’s rover reveal about Mars
Listen closely to sounds from Mars, recorded by NASA’s Perseverance:
The rover’s mechanical whine and click in a light Martian wind; the whir of rotors...
NASA’s Hubble find the farthest star ever seen
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark:
Detecting the light of a star that existed within the first billion years after the...