Young stars grow their planet-making disks in a surprising way
A new study is changing the way scientists think about how young stars and planets form.
Led by Professor Paolo Padoan from the Institute of...
How dying stars may forge heavy elements in powerful cosmic jets
Scientists have long puzzled over how the heaviest elements on the periodic table—like uranium and plutonium—are formed.
Now, researchers led by Los Alamos National Laboratory...
Almost a quarter of all lunar ejecta eventually hits Earth
The Moon's surface is covered by impact craters, ranging from microscopic pits to massive basins over 1,000 kilometres across.
These craters formed primarily during the...
New solar camera captures stunning details of the sun from Hawaii’s mountaintop
A powerful new solar instrument has just taken its first high-resolution images of the sun, offering scientists a closer look at solar activity than...
Scientists discover super-Earths are common far from their stars
A new study led by astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has revealed that planets larger than Earth—known as...
Jupiter’s atmosphere is a wild place
The weather gets a little wild and weird on Jupiter. How wild?
Spacecraft instruments have measured strong winds, tracked fierce lightning, and found huge methane...
Why Webb may never be able to find evidence of life on another world
The exoplanet K2-18b is generating headlines because researchers announced what could be evidence of life on the planet.
The JWST detected a pair of atmospheric...
Mysterious galaxy without dark matter challenges what we know about the universe
Astronomers have discovered a rare kind of galaxy that seems to be missing one of the universe’s most important ingredients: dark matter.
Using powerful telescopes...
Scientists warn: Moon dust could threaten future astronauts
New research using moon rocks from the Apollo missions has revealed hidden dangers facing future astronauts.
The study, published in Scientific Reports and led by...
New crystal discovery on Mars suggests it may have once supported life
Scientists from QUT (Queensland University of Technology) have made a fascinating discovery using data from NASA’s Perseverance rover.
They found signs that minerals deep under...