ASTRONOMY

Mars has one more thing in common with Earth—scientists finally resolve a longstanding mystery

Using data from NASA's now-retired InSight lander, a research team is challenging long-held assumptions about what's inside the red planet.
17 hours ago

In a breakthrough, scientists successfully predicted a solar storm just 15 hours before it struck Earth

Using data from the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter, a team of scientists successfully predicted the magnetic structure of a coronal mass ejection (CME) in March 2024.
17 hours ago

Millions of light years old 'warm' interstellar dust found in Makani galaxy's hot halo

Using the JWST, a team investigated the Makani galaxy, a distant celestial body whose Hawaiian name appropriately means 'wind'.
1 day ago

Scientists solve 50-year-old mystery, discover solar flares 6.5 times hotter than expected

The energy released from the outer atmosphere of the sun spreads across our system, and its temperature is much higher than previously believed.
1 day ago

Our third interstellar visitor, comet 3I/ATLAS, has a largely carbon dioxide-infused 'coma'

The coma that surrounds the nucleus of the comet has a large amount of carbon dioxide, along with typical materials of a comet.
3 days ago

Solar Orbiter cracks one of the Sun's secret codes by tracing origins of superspeed electrons

The Sun is the most powerful particle accelerator in our solar system, and it regularly launches streams of high-energy electrons into space.
4 days ago

NASA’s Juno Mission finally detects 'missing' auroral signature of Jupiter's second-biggest moon

The mission discovered the auroral footprint of the most distant moon, Callisto, which had remained a mystery for astronomers.
5 days ago

It's possible to find Earth 2.0 using rectangular telescope about the same size as JWST, scientists say

Astrophysicist Heidi Newberg and her team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute detail how a rectangular mirror could solve the major challenges of spotting distant exoplanets.
5 days ago

Saturn's icy moon harboring alien life? New discovery has scientists buzzing

Despite its frigid, ice-covered exterior, Saturn's moon 'Enceladus' has become a primary target in the search for extraterrestrial life.
6 days ago

Astronomers discover the most massive 'binary star system' ever observed in our galaxy

Astronomers, led by Dr. Phil Massey of Lowell Observatory, have identified a colossal pair of stars in one of the Milky Way’s most vibrant star-forming regions.
7 days ago

Earth-like exoplanet 41 light-years away has no atmosphere to support life, new JWST data reveals

Whether the planet GJ 1132 b had an atmosphere was long debated due to conflicting old data.
Aug 30, 2025

NASA discovers rocky lumps in the Mars mantle, evidence of a violent past with impacts and quakes

The space agency found the aftermath of massive impacts beneath the planet’s surface using the recordings of the InSight lander.
Aug 29, 2025

Protoplanetary disks are not so flat after all, suggests compelling evidence from ALMA

The knowledge of how planets formed might now be getting a massive twist due to ALMA's new findings.
Aug 29, 2025

NASA’s new SPHEREx mission makes historic observation of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

The data could provide new insights into the comet’s chemical makeup and physical features as it zooms through our system.
Aug 28, 2025

Astronomers took another look at the 'Wow!' signal and discovered it was even stronger than previously thought

Since it was discovered in 1977, the 'Wow!' signal has been one of the most mysterious radio signals in SETI history.
Aug 28, 2025

Astronomers unexpectedly capture a planet's birth within the swirling disk of a young star

Astronomers estimate that the planet is about 5 million years old and is similar in size to Jupiter.
Aug 27, 2025

Astronomers stunned as new research suggests the first stars were not as uniformly massive as once believed

New studies suggest that collapsing gas clouds in the early universe may have also formed lower-mass stars.
Aug 27, 2025

What came before the Big Bang? New simulations offer a glimpse into the origins of the universe

A recent study proposes that a computational technique known as numerical relativity could be the key to unraveling some of the universe's most profound mysteries.
Aug 26, 2025

Jupiter's unique dilute core probably formed gradually rather than from a planetary collision, study claims

To determine if a massive collision could have created Jupiter's dilute core, researchers from Durham University used advanced supercomputer simulations of planetary impacts.
Aug 24, 2025

Next solar superstorm could hit Earth harder than ever, scientists explain why

Rising carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere may dramatically alter the impact of future solar superstorms.
Aug 23, 2025
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