While researching a cluster of stars in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole SgrA* (Sagittarius A*) at the...
A new kind of detector for dark matter has the potential to make a direct detection of the enigmatic material,...
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot—the biggest windstorm in the solar system—is shrinking, and a new study may help explain why. Located...
Space storms could soon be forecast with greater accuracy than ever before thanks to a big leap forward in our...
Differences between the bright and dark patches in lunar swirls goes beyond the albedo variations; it includes differences in the...
Scientists were stunned on May 30 when a rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drove over cracked open to reveal...
The first rumblings of the sun’s next 11-year solar cycle have been detected in sound waves inside our home star—even...
Europa, a moon of Jupiter, and Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, have evidence of oceans beneath their ice crusts. A...
A strange ‘garden sprinkler-like’ jet coming from a neutron star has been pictured for the first time. The S-shaped structure...
Mantle convection and associated plate tectonics of planets like the Earth are governed by the deformation of mantle rocks. This...
Galaxy mergers play a crucial role in the cosmological evolution of galaxies. During galaxy merging, tidal torques can trigger the...
Hot Jupiters are some of the most extreme planets in the galaxy. These scorching worlds are as massive as Jupiter,...
