We’ve known for a while that Earth is under a constant rain of space dust, and that it’s copious. Given its...
Sometimes, while waiting for quantum computers to become ubiquitous, or wondering whatever happened to flying cars, it’s easy to forget...
The search for exoplanets—planets that orbit stars located beyond the borders of our solar system—is a hot topic in astrophysics....
Given all the logistics involved, it’s unlikely that humanity will ever see our way outside the Solar System to colonise...
A spacecraft the size of a cereal box has collected precise measurements of the atmospheres of large and puffy planets...
A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial planets, study finds
Scientists at MIT, the University of Birmingham, and elsewhere say that astronomers’ best chance of finding liquid water, and even...
One of the most important open questions in planetary formation theory is the story of Jupiter’s origin. Using sophisticated computer...
An immobile probe sitting like a squat turtle on the surface of Mars has finally delivered a comprehensive picture of...
Hold up your hands in front of your face. For most people, they will be mirrored copies of each other:...
Employing massive data sets collected through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a research team led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick...
Our Sun isn’t exactly a serene ball of scorching hot plasma. In fact, it belches out colossal eruptions on a...
Around 467 million years ago, something strange happened to our planet. The trilobites, brachiopods, and conodonts that thrived in Earth’s...