What lies beneath the far side of the moon?
A new technique for processing lunar radar data has allowed scientists to see what lies beneath the surface of the moon in the clearest...
New solar findings could help save Earth from planet-wide blackouts
Could solar storms knock out the global internet? Yes, but we don't know when or how it could happen.
Scientists in Australia and in...
Apollo lunar samples solve mystery of the moon’s magnetic shield
In 2024, a new age of space exploration will begin when NASA sends astronauts to the moon as part of their Artemis mission, a...
Scientists reveal the secret behind Jupiter’s ‘energy crisis’
A new study has revealed the solution to Jupiter’s ‘energy crisis’, which has puzzled astronomers for decades.
Space scientists at the University of Leicester worked...
Scientists detect five supernovae that never been seen before
Stars are exploding in dusty galaxies. We just can't always see them.
Exploding stars generate dramatic light shows. Infrared telescopes like Spitzer can see through...
Scientists find likely locations of the early molten Moon’s deep secrets
Shortly after it formed, the Moon was covered in a global ocean of molten rock (magma).
As the magma ocean cooled and solidified, dense minerals...
Mars’ bright south pole reflections may be clay, not water, shows study
Bright reflections observed at Mars’ south pole serve as evidence for water. But, seeing may be deceiving.
After measuring the area’s electrical properties with orbiting,...
Clays, not water, are likely source of Mars lakes
Three studies published in the past month have cast doubt on the premise of subsurface lakes below the Martian south pole.
Where there’s water, there’s...
Scientists discover unusual cool flames aboard International Space Station
An entirely new class of fire, spherical cool diffusion flames, or simply "cool flames," has been documented aboard the International Space Station.
The discovery of these...
Why is this weird, metallic star hurtling out of the Milky Way
About 2,000 light-years away from Earth, there is a star catapulting toward the edge of the Milky Way.
This particular star, known as LP 40−365,...