How water gets to planets like Earth
Understanding the history of water in the universe is critical to understanding how planets like Earth come to be.
Planets might protect their water until their star settles down
Creating rocky planets is a messy, dangerous, hot business.
Planetesimals accrete together, which creates heat and pressure on the newborn world. The nearby adolescent star...
NASA study reveals map of moon’s water near its south pole
A new study using the now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pieced together the first detailed, wide-area map of water distribution on...
Galaxies were different in the early universe, finds study
The earliest stars, which may have formed around 200 million years after the Big Bang, contained few other elements than hydrogen and helium.
Star TOI-700 has two potentially habitable planets, excellent for searching life
NASA recently announced the discovery of a new, Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a nearby star called TOI-700.
We are two of the...
New study reveals new insights on binary star systems
Scientists have long been intrigued by X-ray binary star systems, where two stars orbit around each other with one of the two stars being...
Water’s epic journey to Earth began before the Sun formed
The origin of Earth’s water is a complicated mystery that scientists have been untangling for decades.
Can cosmic collisions be predicted before they happen
On August 17, 2017, around 70 telescopes collectively turned their gaze to a fiery collision between two dead stars that took place millions of...
Strange green lines above Hawaii was probably a Chinese satellite
Every once in a while, the stars (or, in this case, satellites) align, and keen observers can receive an unexpected light show.
That happened a...
Astronomers find missing link for water in the Solar System
Astronomers have detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis with the ALMA.