Chaotic Crust Contains Clues to Mars’ Watery Past in Search for Signs of Past Life on the Red Planet
ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft takes us over the Holden Basin – part of a region that is a high-ranking target in the search for signs…
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Discovery Could Dramatically Speed Up the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Planets orbiting the most common star type may be uninhabitable. An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf — the most abundant type of star in…
Tantalizing Science and Dangerous Hazards: NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reaches Long-Awaited Salty Region
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover has arrived at a special region believed to have formed as Mars’ climate was drying. After trekking this summer through a…
“Marshmallow” World Discovered: Giant Fluffy Planet Orbiting a Cool Red Dwarf Star
Kitt Peak National Observatory telescope helps determines that Jupiter-like Planet is the lowest-density gas giant ever detected around a red dwarf. A gas giant exoplanet…
Spectacular Planetary-Scale “Heat Wave” Discovered in Jupiter’s Atmosphere
An unexpected ‘heat wave’ has been discovered in Jupiter’s atmosphere. It reaches a scorching temperature of 700 degrees Celsius (1300 degrees Fahrenheit) and extends 130,000…
Scientists Identify the Source of the Planet Ceres’ Unexpected Geological Activity
Modeling reveals how Ceres powers unexpected geologic activity. According to Scott King, a geoscientist at the Virginia Tech College of Science, our view of Ceres has…
Super-Earth Found Near the Habitable Zone of Red Dwarf
A new super-Earth planet was found 37 light years from Earth. Only 37 light-years from Earth, a super-Earth planet has been discovered close to a…
Chrysalis: Saturn’s Ancient, Missing Moon
Saturn’s Rings and Tilt Could Be the Product of an Ancient, Missing Moon According to a new study, a “grazing encounter” may have smashed the…
Planetary Heist: Astronomers Discover That Stars Can Steal Planets
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have proposed a new origin for Jupiter-like planets orbiting massive stars three times the mass of our Sun. According…
Incredible New Webb Telescope Image of Neptune Captures Never Seen Ring Details
Webb Space Telescope Infrared Observations Tease Out Never Seen Atmospheric and Ring Details At an average distance of 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers) from…
Don’t Miss: Jupiter To Reach Opposition, Closest Approach to Earth in 59 Years!
When Jupiter reaches opposition on Monday, September 26, stargazers can expect incredible views of Jupiter the entire night. From the viewpoint of Earth’s surface, opposition…
Mars Is Mighty: First Webb Space Telescope Images of Red Planet
On September 5, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured its first images and spectra of Mars. The powerful telescope provides a unique perspective with its…
Astronomers Uncover New Evidence of Baby Planet in the Making
A new technique has been developed by astronomers to identify small planets hidden in protoplanetary disks. According to astronomers and astrophysicists, planets are born in…
Surprise Finding: “Water Worlds” May Be More Common Than We Thought
New analysis finds evidence for many exoplanets made of water and rock around small stars. Water is the one thing all life on Earth requires….
Could More of Earth’s Surface Host Life? Jupiter’s Orbit Is Key
Jupiter’s orbit shape plays key role on Earth that has been overlooked. Of all known planets, Earth is as friendly to life as any planet…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Spies Powerful Vortices Near Jupiter’s North Pole
NASA’s Juno spacecraft recently captured this striking view of vortices — hurricane-like spiral wind patterns — near Jupiter’s north pole. It happened as NASA’s Juno…
Jupiter’s Complex Colors Revealed in Stunning Images From NASA’s Juno Spacecraft
NASA’s Juno spacecraft observed the complex colors and structure of Jupiter’s clouds on July 5, 2022, as it completed its 43rd close flyby of the…
Incredible Webb Space Telescope Images of Jupiter Showcase Auroras, Hazes, Moons & Rings
Jupiter has a lot going on: giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured…
