Peering Through Cosmic Dust: James Webb Telescope Is on the Hunt for Newborn Planets
Planets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks that whirl around a central protostar during its final assembly. Although several dozens of…
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Planetary Crisis Unveiled: Shockingly Little Research on Major Threats to Earth
Integrating research on the spread of infectious diseases, the decline in biodiversity, and climate change could provide mutually beneficial solutions for the health of our…
Revolutionizing Lunar History: Scientists Introduce a New Timeline
New research led by Dr. Dijun Guo from the National Space Science Center at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr. Jianhzong Liu from the Institute…
For the First Time: Water Molecules Have Been Discovered on an Asteroid’s Surface
The FORCAST instrument on SOFIA discovered water on asteroids that were previously considered dry. Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute have made the first discovery…
Unveiling the Mysteries of Titan’s Icy Faults: A Journey Through Space Geology
Scientists have discovered strike-slip faults on the icy moons of our solar system, similar to those seen at the San Andreas fault in California. These…
Rewriting Earth’s Early History: Scientists Discover High Iron Oxidation in Primordial Magma
New study sheds light on the composition of the Earth’s earliest atmosphere. Understanding the atmospheric and surface conditions of early Earth, especially before life originated,…
Popular Explanation Is Wrong – Researchers Discover New Clues Regarding the Origin of Earth’s Continents
New experiments have called into question a popular explanation for the properties that give rise to dry land. Despite being a crucial factor in making…
Is There Life on Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus? A Future Space Mission Could Provide Answers
Enceladus, encased in a thick ice shell and surrounded by a vast ocean, is a strong contender for potentially containing extraterrestrial life. Researchers have concluded…
Scientists Obtain First-Ever Sound Recording of Dust Devils on Mars
Scientists have made history by recording the first audio of an extraterrestrial whirlwind on Mars, thanks to the microphone on NASA’s Perseverance rover. The study,…
Scientists Identify a Potential Source of a Special Kind of Meteorite
Its characteristics may help to explain certain discrepancies in the classification of near-Earth asteroids. When the Chelyabinsk fireball exploded over the Russian sky in 2013,…
Scientists Discover the First Impact Crater in Spain
The crater was found in the province of Almeria. The first probable impact crater in Spain has been discovered in the southern province of Almeria….
Martian Landslides Not Conclusive Evidence of Ice – Analysis of State-of-the-Art Satellite Data Reveals
Giant ridges on the surface of landslides on Mars could have formed without ice, challenging their use by some as unequivocal evidence of past ice…
Rocky, Earth-Sized Exoplanet Is Missing an Atmosphere [Video]
Study reports on search for an atmosphere around a planet somewhat similar to ours. Astronomers at MIT, Harvard University, and elsewhere have searched a rocky,…
Classic Mars Image From NASA’s Mariner 6 and 7
Lost in the glare following the Apollo 11 Moon landing, two intrepid robotic spacecraft flew by Mars in the summer of 1969 and returned photographs…
Hubble Discovers an Exoplanet Shaped Like a Football
How can a planet be “hotter than hot?” The answer is when heavy metals are detected escaping from the planet’s atmosphere, instead of condensing into…
TESS Discovers Habitable Zone Planet in GJ 357 System
A piping hot planet discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has pointed the way to additional worlds orbiting the same star, one of…
NASA’s TESS Mission Discovers Three New Worlds
NASA’s newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has discovered three new worlds — one slightly larger than Earth and two of a…
Noteworthy Discoveries From TESS Mission’s First Year
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered 21 planets outside our solar system and captured data on other interesting events occurring in the southern…