How a type of aurora on Mars is formed
Physicists led by the University of Iowa have learned how a type of aurora on Mars is formed.
In a new study, the physicists studied...
Is this the future of our Milky Way galaxy
Take a good look at the latest image provided by the Hubble Space Telescope.
It shows a huge elliptical galaxy called NGC 474 that lies...
Scientists use galaxy as a ‘cosmic telescope’ to study heart of the young universe
A unique new instrument, coupled with a powerful telescope and a little help from nature, has given researchers the ability to peer into galactic...
Astronauts may one day drink water from ancient moon volcanoes
Billions of years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions broke loose on the moon, blanketing hundreds of thousands of square miles of the orb’s...
This extraterrestrial stone from Egyptian desert brings first supernova clues to Earth
New chemistry ‘forensics’ indicate that the stone named Hypatia from the Egyptian desert could be the first tangible evidence found on Earth of a...
Water evidence shows life on Mars unlikely late in its history
Scientists have investigated a meteorite from Mars using neutron and X-ray tomography.
The technology, which will probably be used when NASA examines samples from...
Scientists grow plants in lunar soil from Apollo mission
In the early days of the space age, the Apollo astronauts took part in a visionary plan:
Bring samples of the lunar surface material, known...
Black hole winds are no longer as they used to be, shows study
During the first billion years of the universe, winds blown by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies were much more frequent and...
Scientists detect an explosion on a white dwarf dead star
When stars like our Sun use up all their fuel, they shrink to form white dwarfs.
Sometimes such dead stars flare back to life in...
What the quest to image black holes could tell us about our universe
Not long ago, the idea of photographing a black hole was as quixotic as photographing a unicorn.
Now, scientists have not one but two images...