Mars’s longest morning cloud may form ice without dust
A new model suggests Mars’s Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud forms partly through ice nucleation without dust seeds. Rapid…
NASA plans radar and seismic tests for a hidden lunar cave that could shelter future astronauts
NASA selected GIMLI to investigate whether the Marius Hills Pit opens into an underground lunar lava tube. Radar,…
Earth’s magnetic field took 70,000 years to complete an ancient reversal
North Atlantic sediments record two magnetic reversals lasting approximately 18,000 and 70,000 years, longer than commonly assumed. The…
NASA releases trove of Moon data from historic Artemis II flight
Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hansen captures images during the lunar flyby.Credit: NASA Planetary scientists have fresh Moon joy…
The UAE’s new space probe will crash into the asteroid its designed to study
Two signatories add their marks to a gold-wrapped model of TII’s probe, which will travel aboard the MBR…
NASA’s Bennu Samples Reveal a Surprising Origin Story
Asteroid Bennu is a small, carbon-rich near-Earth asteroid that preserves some of the most primitive material left from…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Saturn takes its turn in opposition | Astronomy
Saturday: This week is World Space Week. Go to worldspaceweek.org for more information and a listing of key…
Rainstorms billions of years ago may have created habitable hotspots on Mars
A new global model suggests ancient Mars did not receive prebiotic formaldehyde evenly. Rainfall and atmospheric water vapor…
Scientists find evidence for several Earth axis shifts during the age of dinosaurs
A new study finds evidence that Earth may have undergone several episodes of rapid true polar wander during…
Scientists recreate Enceladus’s ocean and watch Earth microbes thrive
Laboratory experiments show that a methane-producing archaeon from Earth can grow under simulated Enceladus seafloor conditions at pH…
Scientists Thought Mars’s North Polar Ice Was 25% Dust. They Were Way Off
When NASA’s Mars Phoenix mission successfully sampled ice from the Martian arctic regions, it made astrobiological history. This…
Bangkok Post – Radio waves coming from an alien planet may be a cosmic first
An undated image provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) shows an artist’s concept of the…