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...
Scientists witness a carbon star’s mysterious death throes
Scientists studying V Hydrae (V Hya) have witnessed the star’s mysterious death throes in unprecedented detail.
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and data...
Expansion cracks make inner ocean boil out on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
In 2006, the Cassini spacecraft recorded geyser curtains shooting forth from "tiger stripe" fissures near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus—sometimes as much...
Scientists find mysterious wave in the sun with unexplained speed
Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi's (NYUAD) Center for Space Science have discovered a new set of waves in the sun that, unexpectedly, appear to...