This planetary exploration robot could beat sand traps
The rolling hills of Mars or the moon are a long way from the nearest tow truck.
That's why the next generation of exploration rovers...
Astronomers find regular rhythms among pulsating stars
By listening to the beating hearts of stars, astronomers have for the first time identified a rhythm of life for a class of stellar...
Scientists find new evidence of watery plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Jupiter’s moon Europa is a fascinating world.
On its surface, the moon appears to be scratched and scored with reddish-brown scars, which rake across the...
Our solar system’s oldest molecular fluids could hold the key to early life
The oldest molecular fluids in the solar system could have supported the rapid formation and evolution of the building blocks of life, says a...
Giant meteorite impacts may have formed parts of the moon’s crust
New research published in the journal Nature Astronomy reveals a type of destructive event most often associated with disaster movies and dinosaur extinction may...
Scientists have a cool way to catch interstellar visitors
In 2017, a telescope in Hawaii detected our first celestial visitor from another solar system — a big deal, since we haven’t quite figured...
Scientists discover the closest black hole to Earth
A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth.
The...
Astronomers use “sunglasses” to find cloud bands on a brown dwarf
Astronomers have detected what appear to be bands of clouds streaking across the surface of a cool star-like body known as a brown dwarf.
The...
How we will search for signs of life in exoplanets
Whether there is life elsewhere in the universe is a question people have pondered for millennia; and within the last few decades, great strides...
Galaxies like our Milky Way are more likely to harbor intelligent life, says study
Giant elliptical galaxies are not as likely as previously thought to be cradles of technological civilizations such as our own, according to a recent...