Space & Future
Hidden Moon Ice May Soon Be Found by Listening to Moonquakes
Scientists may have found a new way to search for water ice hidden beneath the Moon's surface—by listening to the vibrations caused by moonquakes.
A...
Ancient Stardust Helped Build the First Solid Pieces of Our Solar System
Scientists have uncovered new evidence that tiny grains of ancient stardust may have played a key role in creating the first solid material in...
Solar wind creates giant space waves that slowly strip away Mars’ atmosphere
Mars is slowly losing parts of its atmosphere to space, and scientists have discovered that the process may be driven by giant waves created...
Ancient Cosmic Crash May Explain Neptune’s Strange Inner Moons
Neptune’s small inner moons may actually be the broken remains of a much older family of icy worlds that were destroyed billions of years...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers Vast Honeycomb Landscape on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered a remarkable landscape on Mars unlike anything it has seen before.
While exploring a valley known as "Valle Grande," the...
The Asteroid That May Be Three Worlds
What shape is an asteroid? For (44) Nysa, the honest answer until now has been that nobody knew.
It is one of the brightest and...
James Webb Telescope Finds Powerful Wind That Can Kill Entire Galaxies
Astronomers have discovered a powerful "galaxy-killing wind" that may explain one of the biggest mysteries about the early universe: why so many massive galaxies...
Supermassive Black Hole Blasts Shock Waves Across 300,000 Light-Years, New Study Finds
Black holes are famous for pulling in everything that gets too close, including gas, dust, and even light.
But new research shows they can also...
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Created a Planet-Wide Firestorm, Study Finds
A new study suggests that the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs may have been even more deadly than scientists once thought.
Researchers now...
After 100 Years of Searching, Astronomers Finally Find Betelgeuse’s Hidden Companion
Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet that Betelgeuse, one of the brightest and most famous stars in the night sky, is not alone.
After...
Alien Signals May Hide in Unexplored High Radio Frequencies
Confirming the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence via radio signals, also called technosignatures, is the cornerstone of radio astronomy.
While humanity has been asking since time...
White Dwarfs Eat More Planetary Debris Than Thought, But Magnetic Fields Hide It
White dwarfs are what remain when a main sequence star like our Sun reaches its end. As it depletes its fuel, it swells and...
Deep Space
Scientists hear first overtones in the ringing of a black hole
By listening for specific tones in the gravitational waves of black hole mergers, researchers are putting Albert Einstein's theories to new tests.
When two black...
Scientists found evidence of a nearby Kilonova 3.5 million years ago
Most of the times astronomers reported dramatic, cataclysmic events like neutron star mergers or the creation of a black hole; they are taking place...
Atmospheres in the TRAPPIST-1 system should be long gone
Trappist-1 is a fascinating exoplanetary system. Seven worlds orbiting a red dwarf star just 40 light-years away.
All of the worlds are similar to Earth...
Early galaxies are smaller than we thought, say scientists
When astronomers first looked at distant galaxies in the early universe using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, they were shocked by what they saw.
Instead...
Asteroid Psyche maps reveal an ancient world of metal and rock
Later this year, NASA is set to launch a probe the size of a tennis court to the asteroid belt, a region between the...