Buzzing wearable gadget could help astronauts find their way in space
Imagine floating in space where up and down don’t mean much, and the usual ways we tell left from right don’t work.
This can be...
Old data from Kepler turns up a system with seven planets
NASA’s Kepler mission ended in 2018 after more than nine years of fruitful planet-hunting. The space telescope discovered thousands of planets, many of which...
White dwarfs could support life. So where are all their planets?
Astronomers have found plenty of white dwarf stars surrounded by debris disks.
Those disks are the remains of planets destroyed by the star as it...
Devastating clouds of dust helped end the reign of the dinosaurs
When a giant meteor crashed into Earth 66 million years ago, the impact pulverized cubic kilometers of rock and blasted the dust and debris...
Jupiter looks bizarre in Hubble’s new ultraviolet image
Jupiter has gone pastel!
Check out this ultra-cool image of Jupiter taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
This is a color composite picture of Jupiter seen...
Scientists uncover secrets of the early universe with Webb Telescope
Did you know we can look back in time?
Not by building a time machine, but by gazing into the vast universe through powerful telescopes.
Recently,...
Earth’s hidden scar: How the moon’s creation shaped our planet’s heart
Around 4.5 billion years ago, something dramatic happened in our solar system.
Earth, which was still in its early stages of formation, experienced a massive...
Giant planets cast a deadly pall
Giant gas planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors around other stars.
New studies show, in some planetary systems,...
NASA’s Juno discovers salts and organics on Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede
Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has a big moon named Ganymede. NASA's Juno spacecraft has found some exciting things on this...
Why are Mars stones on earth so young?
Imagine if little pieces of Mars fell on Earth. Cool, right? Well, they do!
These Martian rocks are quite rare and give us lots of...