A star could live with a partner, stellar wind shows
A new study published in Nature Astronomy has found that stellar wind could reveal that a second star that circles an old star.
The research...
New NASA telescope mission may help scientists find 1400 new planets
A new study from at The Ohio State University suggests that a new NASA telescope mission will help scientists find as many as 1,400...
New tool could help find Earth-like planets
In a new study, researchers have developed a new astronomical spectrograph called Habitable Zone Planet Finder (HPF).
The new tool could provide the highest precision...
Where is the seventh inner moon of Neptune from?
A new study using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has shown that a tiny, mysterious moon around Neptune discovered in 2013 may be a piece...
Why the Moon’s surface is rich in ingredients that could make water
A new study from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has shown that when the solar wind careens onto the Moon's surface, they enrich the...
NASA’s Hubble spots possible water plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Astronomers from NASA reported that Hubble Space Telescope took images of possible water plumes erupting from Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
In Hubble’s early work, it...
Scientists find new ways to observe stars swallowed by a black hole
When a star passes within a supermassive black hole, it will be tidally disrupted. The disruption can produce a sudden gas injection close to...
Did enormous volcanoes lead to oceans on Mars
Have you ever wondered how oceans could have existed on Mars billions of years ago?
A new theory suggests that these oceans formed way earlier...
Six years of scientific exploration at the moon
On June 23, 2009, NASA robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) entered the lunar orbit. Since then, it has been working successfully in science and...
Using smartphones to search for ultra-high energy cosmic rays
Cosmic rays are high-energy charged particles that originate in outer space. They travel at nearly the speed of light and strike the Earth from...