Finding plumes at Europa is an exciting prospect, but scientists warn it’ll be tricky, even from up close. In 2005,...
A new study by University of Maryland astronomers shows that comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein (BB), the largest comet ever discovered, was active...
Curtin University researchers have helped unravel the enduring mystery of the origins of the Earth’s water, finding the Sun to...
The hunt for planets beyond our solar system has turned up more than 4,000 far-flung worlds, orbiting stars thousands of...
In the strange, dark world of the ocean floor, underwater fissures, called hydrothermal vents, host complex communities of life. These...
Seven Earth-sized planets orbit the star TRAPPIST-1 in near-perfect harmony, and U.S. and European researchers have used that harmony to...
Brown dwarfs, also known as “coffee colored dwarfs” or “failed stars” are the natural link between stars and planets. They...
UCLA astronomers have identified 366 new exoplanets, thanks in large part to an algorithm developed by a UCLA postdoctoral scholar....
A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist has discovered a method for detecting and better defining meteorite impact sites that have...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has completed its annual grand tour of the outer Solar System. This is the realm...
Could lava tubes, caves, or subsurface habitats offer safe refuge for future astronauts on Mars? Scientists with NASA’s Curiosity Mars...
New research into the powerful magnetic fields which form inside the sun and cause violent eruptions could help predict solar...
