Like a supersonic jet being blasted with high-speed winds, Earth is constantly being bombarded by a stream of charged particles...
While the moon lacks any breathable air, it does host a barely-there atmosphere. Since the 1980s, astronomers have observed a...
One of NASA’s key priorities is understanding the potential for life elsewhere in the universe. NASA has not found any...
When two black holes collide, space and time shake and energy spreads out like ripples in a pond. These gravitational...
Astronomers have recently found hundreds of “polluted” white dwarf stars in our home galaxy, the Milky Way. These are white...
In studying data collected from NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission, which in 2022 sent a spacecraft to intentionally...
Our solar system is our immediate cosmic neighborhood. We know it well: the sun at the center; then the rocky...
Scientists have determined that a rare element found in some of the oldest solids in the solar system, such as...
By diving into the sun’s corona, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has ruled out S-shaped bends in the sun’s magnetic field...
An international team of researchers led by the University of Bern has used observation-based computer modeling to find an explanation...
A spacecraft launched last year will slingshot back around Earth and the moon next month in a high-stakes, world-first maneuver...
The surface of Uranus’ moon Ariel is coated with a significant amount of carbon dioxide ice, especially on its “trailing...
