Even before its launch, NASA’s Lucy mission was already on track to break records by visiting more asteroids than any...
The harder you hit something—a ball, a walnut, a geode—the more likely it is to break open. Or, if it...
Imagine you go to a theme park with your family and you ask a park employee to take a group...
Depending on the perspective one chooses, a theoretical calculation can describe observed physics more or less accurately. Back in 2015,...
Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said after...
Anyone can name a star online, but the International Astronomical Union is offering a rare space opportunity: to name a...
Humankind has maintained an enduring fascination with the moon. It was not until Galileo’s time, however, that scientists really began...
Analyzing data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and several other observatories, astronomers have concluded that the bright red supergiant star...
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and partners at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have made the...
A study into the zinc isotope composition of meteorites by researchers from the University of St Andrews suggests that material...
A collaboration led by scientists at Nagoya University in Japan has investigated the nature of dark matter surrounding galaxies seen...
The first exoplanet has been discovered by Subaru Strategic Program using the infrared spectrograph IRD on the Subaru Telescope (IRD-SSP)....
