Mars’ Moon Phobos Shows Signs of Structural Failure
New research presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences reveals that the long, shallow grooves lining the surface of Phobos…
New research presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences reveals that the long, shallow grooves lining the surface of Phobos…
New information from NASA’s New Horizons Mission has revealed more than 50 exciting discoveries about Pluto. From possible ice volcanoes to twirling moons, scientists continue…
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy MCG+01-02-015. Only three local stars appear in this image, quartered by right-angled diffraction spikes. Everything besides them…
NASA’s MAVEN mission reveals that solar wind appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm…
A team of scientists has announced the first ever measurement of antiproton interactions that make possible the existence of antimatter nuclei. The discovery gives physicists…
Using the VISTA telescope astronomers have discovered a previously unknown component of the Milky Way. By mapping out the locations of a class of stars…
Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, a team of astronomers has discovered a giant gathering of galaxies located 8.5 billion light-years…
Using measurements of changes in neural activity in neurons of the inferior temporal cortex of mature nonhuman primates as they observed novel and familiar stimuli,…
This newly released Hubble image shows the lenticular galaxy Mrk 820, which is located roughly 300 million light-years away. This galaxy is known as Mrk…
Just in time for Halloween, a large space rock that bears an eerie resemblance to a skull will zip past Earth this weekend. Scientists observing…
This newly released image from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft shows the complete image of Pluto’s crescent. In September, the New Horizons team released a stunning…
A newly published study from the University of Edinburgh shows that the movement of the southwest portion of the Greenland Ice Sheet that terminates on…
New observations from NASA’s Swift and the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, suggest that supermassive black holes send out beams of X-rays when their surrounding coronas…
The Dawn Spacecraft begins its fourth and final science orbit at dwarf planet Ceres. Many hope this low-altitude mapping orbit will provide more information about…
Using Japan’s Suzaku X-ray satellite, a team of astronomers present the first measurements of the abundances of iron, magnesium, silicon and sulfur in four directions…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft has captured images of Pluto’s tiny moon Kerberos, completing the family portrait of Pluto’s moons. Kerberos appears to be smaller than…
Using three X-ray telescopes, astronomers have witnessed stellar debris being blown away after a black hole destroyed the star. This event, dubbed ASASSN-14li, is located…
A team of astronomers has discovered the hottest and most massive double star system to date where the two components are in contact and sharing…