Lunar Impact Created a Sea of Molten Rock Six Miles Deep
An analysis of the data from NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter reveals that molten rock covered the Moon’s surface on more than one occasion, showing…
An analysis of the data from NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter reveals that molten rock covered the Moon’s surface on more than one occasion, showing…
Researchers have identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and carbon in the powder rock sample obtained by NASA’s Curiosity rover, suggesting that Mars could have…
By combining telescope observations with advanced modeling, astronomers have found a rare triple quasar, called QQQ J1519+062. For only the second time in history, a…
A team of astronomers have conducted the first remote reconnaissance of another solar system, collecting the first chemical fingerprints of this system’s four red exoplanets,…
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured several new photos of Saturn’s moon Rhea as it flew by Rhea at an altitude of 620 miles (997 kilometers) on…
In a new research paper, Penn State researcher Kevin Luhman describes the discovery the third-closest star system to the Sun, WISE J104915.57-531906. Both stars in…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, scientists discovered an outflow from a young protostar, marking a dramatic step towards understanding the earliest stages of a…
Using data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists create a 3D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the Martian surface. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took…
In a new image, Hubble views the pale blue light of extremely hot newborn stars in barred spiral galaxy IC 5052. This image, speckled with…
Using the Pan-STARRS telescope, researchers discovered a very rare Type Ibn supernova on the outskirts of an elliptical galaxy. The star Eta Carinae is ready…
NASA has announced that they will hold a briefing to discuss the Curiosity rover’s analysis of the first sample of rock powder ever collected on…
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found that HD 140283 is the oldest known star with a well-determined age, forming soon after the Big…
Using data from Chandra, ESA’s XMM-Newton, and NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, scientists made one of the most reliable estimates of the relation between the…
By observing a rare close pair of stars, known as eclipsing binaries, a team of scientists recalculated the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud, refining…
In newly published research from the Carnegie Institution for Science, Alan Boss uses highly detailed, three dimensional models to help explain how the gas giant…
A newly published study from scientists at the University of York dismisses the so-called firewall paradox and reveals new insights into the life and death…
In a soon-to-be-published paper, researchers at Vanderbilt University suggest that several million years ago the Milky Way was teaming with starforming and accretion-powered activity that…
Scientists have projected that comet 2013 A1 will make a very close approach to Mars in October 2014, possibly passing as close as 31,000 miles…