NASA is looking at September 23 and September 27 as possible dates for its next attempt at launching its Artemis...
Nature likes spirals—from the whirlpool of a hurricane, to pinwheel-shaped protoplanetary disks around newborn stars, to the vast realms of...
Water is the one thing all life on Earth needs, and the cycle of rain to river to ocean to...
An international research team including astronomers at the University of Birmingham, has just announced the discovery of two “super-Earth” planets...
Space travel to the moon, Mars, and beyond can expose astronauts to extreme conditions, causing potential health issues. To prepare...
The eruption of a solar filament produces a coronal mass ejection, which is a major driver of space weather. Understanding...
The weight and grinding movement of glaciers has carved distinctive valleys and fjords into Earth’s surface. Because Mars lacks similar...
Jupiter-sized planets can be stolen or captured by massive stars in the densely populated stellar nurseries where most stars are...
A little Martian dust appears to go a long way. A small amount of simulated crushed Martian rock mixed with...
Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Hawaiʻi Island have captured from Maunakea the most detailed and complete images...
Thousands of never-before-seen young stars are spotted in a stellar nursery called 30 Doradus, captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb...
A glowing blob known as “the cocoon,” which appears to be inside one of the enormous gamma-ray emanations from the...
