Scientists and engineers at the University of Nottingham have measured the stiffness of space rock for the first time. Many...
Half a century after the Apollo astronauts left the last bootprints in lunar dust, the Moon has once again become...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
The NASA New Horizons spacecraft’s extensive observations of Lyman-alpha emissions have resulted in the first-ever map from the galaxy at...
New data from the agency’s Jovian orbiter sheds light on the fierce winds and cyclones of the gas giant’s northern...
For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system’s asteroid belt, wasn’t just an asteroid...
For scientists who want to learn about the geological history of a planet, river deltas are a great place to...
With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an abundance...
A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star,...
Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites – ancient rocks that travel through space...
Imagine if Earth’s history had a mystery novel, and one of its biggest unsolved puzzles was: Where did all the...
University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high-mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away. These...
