NASA’s Asteroid Sample Reveals a Shocking Link Between Space and Earth’s Salt Lakes
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...
Planet parade: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury make for a skywatching spectacle
Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...
Exploring Venus may require exotic tech like balloons and 'aerobots'
Scientists are proposing ways to explore Venus in the next decade and beyond by way of a host of advanced technologies, from ...
Researchers confirm an exoplanet potentially capable of sustaining life
An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.
Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)
NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.
NASA’s PUNCH Mission Set to Track the Sun’s Corona and Solar Wind in 3D
NASA’s PUNCH mission will explore the connection between the sun’s corona and the solar wind using 3D imaging.
Gaia Just Found Two Massive Objects That Shouldn’t Exist – And Astronomers Are Stunned
Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...
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Supernova 'rains' could give rise to mysteriously magnetic dead stars
"Most of the external layers of a massive star are removed during the supernova, but some material falls back, making the neutron star spin faster." ...