Massive Martian ice discovery opens a window into red planet’s history
Researchers estimate that if melted, the massive ice deposits discovered in this region would cover the planet in 1.5 meters (5 feet) of water.
Newly...
Scientists find extremely rare fusion of two white dwarfs
Astronomers at the University of Bonn and their colleagues from Moscow have identified an unusual celestial object.
It is most likely the product of the...
Scientists find a massive collision in the Milky Way
In a new study, scientists are able to deduce the history of mass accretion onto the Milky Way.
They studied of debris in the halo...
Why the ocean beneath Pluto’s icy exterior doesn’t freeze?
In a new study, scientists found evidence that an insulating layer of gas hydrates could keep a subsurface ocean from freezing beneath Pluto's icy...
NASA’s Juno spacecraft finds changes in Jupiter’s magnetic field
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter made the first definitive detection beyond our world of an internal magnetic field that changes over time, a phenomenon...
Scientists decode mystery of Egyptian desert glass
A recent study has solved a nearly 100-year-old riddle by discovering that glass found in the Egyptian desert was created by a meteorite impact,...
China’s Chang’E 4 mission discovers new ‘secrets’ from far side of the moon
A lunar lander named for the Chinese goddess of the moon may have lessened the mystery of the far side of the moon.
The fourth...
A ‘survival guide’ for exoplanets: Be tough and rocky
Small, hardy planets most likely to survive death of their host stars.
Small, hardy planets packed with dense elements have the best chance of avoiding...
Our moon is actively shrinking and quaking
A new analysis suggests that the moon is actively shrinking and producing moonquakes along thousands of cliffs called thrust faults spread over the moon's...
Scientists reveal how super-Earth planets formed
The galaxy is littered with planetary systems vastly different from ours.
In the solar system, the planet closest to the Sun-Mercury, with an orbit of...