Scientists reveal the last day of the dinosaurs after asteroid impact
The asteroid which killed nearly all of the dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime.
This conclusion was drawn by an international team of researchers after having...
Scientists find rare Tatooine-like exoplanet
A rare exoplanet that orbits around two stars at once has been detected using a ground-based telescope by a team led by the University...
Scientists discovered 7 Earth-size planets
Five years ago, astronomers revealed a spectacular collection of other worlds: the TRAPPIST-1 system.
Newspapers around the world printed the discovery on their front pages:
Astronomers...
Scientists reveal the hot Jupiter’s dark side for the first time
The planet’s night side likely hosts iron clouds, titanium rain, and winds that dwarf Earth’s jetstream.
MIT astronomers have obtained the clearest view yet of...
NASA’s TESS finds almost 100 quadruple star systems
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found over 5000 candidate exoplanet candidates, and 197 confirmed exoplanets since its mission began in late 2018.
TESS...
How NASA plans to destroy International Space Station
Nasa has announced plans for the International Space Station (ISS) to be officially decommissioned in 2031.
After dozens of launches since 1998 got the station...
Lasers could send missions to Mars in only 45 days
NASA and China plan to mount crewed missions to Mars in the next decade.
While this represents a tremendous leap in terms of space exploration,...
Psyche, the iron giant of asteroids, may be less heavy metal, more hard rock
The asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy metal and more hard rock than...
What if a planet has a mind of its own?
The collective activity of life—all of the microbes, plants, and animals—have changed planet Earth.
Take, for example, plants: plants ‘invented’ a way of undergoing photosynthesis...
Scientists detect a supermassive black hole hiding in a ring of cosmic dust
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer has observed a cloud of cosmic dust at the centre of the galaxy Messier 77 that...