New Evidence That the Moon Formed Via Earth Collision with Planet-Sized Body
By using refined techniques to compare the measurements of oxygen isotopes in lunar samples with those from Earth, a team of astronomers has provided new…
By using refined techniques to compare the measurements of oxygen isotopes in lunar samples with those from Earth, a team of astronomers has provided new…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced that planets Kepler-56b and Kepler-56c will be swallowed by their star, providing a glimpse into the future…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a rocky planet that weighs 17 times as much as Earth and is 2.3 times larger…
Using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, scientists measure the deformation of the moon due to Earth’s pull…
New research from geologists at Brown University reveals that the slopes of the Martian volcano Arsia Mons may have been home to one of the…
Using observations of Saturn’s moon Titan by Cassini’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument, astronomers have developed a new way to understand the atmospheres of…
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a new model that shows the chemical signature of a star element by element and reveals how that signature…
New images taken by Hubble’s super-sensitive Advanced Camera for Surveys provide a detailed look at Saturn’s stormy aurorae, revealing previously unseen dynamics in the choreography…
Using the Gemini Planet Imager, astronomers have identified the orbit and the size of exoplanet Beta Pictoris b. Using one of the world’s largest telescopes,…
New data from the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has shrunk to its smallest size ever measured. Jupiter’s trademark Great…
Researchers at the University of Montreal have discovered a gas giant exoplanet, called GU Psc b, that is around 2,000 times the Earth-Sun distance from…
A new study led by NASA researchers presents multiple lines of evidence – incorporating 40 years of observations – that rapidly melting section of the…
A new exomoon detection technique is the first method that has been demonstrated to allow detection of moons akin to those in the Solar System….
A newly published study from astronomers at Yale University reveals that diamond planets may be more common than previously thought. Carbon-rich planets may be more…
A new study based on computer simulations reveals that the melting of ice on East Antarctica’s shore could result in an unstoppable sea-level rise. The…
Using data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have measured the length of an exoplanet day for the first time, revealing that a day on…
New research based on laboratory experiments shows that Jupiter’s moon Ganymede may have oceans and ice stacked up in multiple layers like a club sandwich….
By applying new image processing techniques, astronomers uncovered images of debris disks hidden away in Hubble infrared data taken over a decade ago. With the…