New calculations offer a closer peek at Pluto’s ocean
New calculations are bringing an ocean of liquid water deep beneath the icy surface of Pluto into focus, a new study shows.
In a paper...
NASA is practicing for the Moon with partial space suits
In just a few short years, NASA hopes to put humans back on the lunar surface.
The first moonwalk in more than 50 years is...
Astronomers propose a 14-meter infrared space telescope
The Universe wants us to understand its origins.
Every second of every day, it sends us a multitude of signals, each one a clue to...
Webb Telescope explains a puffy planet
I love the concept of a ‘puffy’ planet! The exoplanets discovered that fall into this category are typically the same size of Jupiter but...
Scientists discover potentially habitable ‘Exo-Venus’ 40 light-years away
Astronomers have discovered an intriguing Earth-like exoplanet, named Gliese 12 b, located 40 light-years away.
This planet, which may be slightly warmer than Earth, could...
A new Venus-sized world found in the habitable zone of its star
The parade of interesting new exoplanets continues.
Today, NASA issued a press release announcing the discovery of a new exoplanet in the Gliese 12 system,...
This is the largest planet-forming disk ever seen
Roughly 1,000 light-years from Earth, there is a cosmic structure known as IRAS 23077+6707 (IRAS 23077) that resembles a giant butterfly.
Ciprian T. Berghea, an...
Maybe ultra-hot Jupiters aren’t so doomed after all
Ultra-hot Jupiters (UHJs) are some of the most fascinating astronomical objects in the cosmos, classified as having orbital periods of less than approximately 3...
Scientists discover a giant cosmic butterfly: The largest planet-forming disk ever seen
Astronomers have made an exciting discovery: a gigantic, cosmic butterfly in the night sky that turns out to be the largest planet-forming disk ever...
After swirling around a black hole, matter just falls straight in
The physics surrounding black holes is just plain weird. A gravitational well so strong that not even light can escape can do some pretty...