Sometimes planetary physics is like being in a snowball fight. Most people, if handed an already-formed snowball, can use their...
After NASA’s historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed...
Some extraordinary asteroids have “activity”—comet-like tails or envelopes of gas and dust. NASA’s Active Asteroids project announced the discovery of...
Astronomers have charted the largest-ever volume of the universe with a new map of active supermassive black holes living at...
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a variety of molecules, ranging from...
The period that liquid water was present on the surface of Mars may have been shorter than previously thought. Channel...
Chip-based devices known as frequency combs, which measure the frequency of light waves with unparalleled precision, have revolutionized timekeeping, the...
A paper recently published in Icarus presents findings about the Kuiper Belt Object 486958 Arrokoth, shedding new light on the...
Scientists from the Universities of Sydney and Sorbonne University have used the geological record of the deep sea to discover...
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has announced plans for an unprecedented survey of the plane of our Milky...
On April 8, 2024, and for the second time in the past decade, people in the U.S. will have an...
Sand ripples are fascinating. They are symmetrical, yet wind, which causes them, is very much not. Furthermore, they can be...