Physicists Discover Our Solar System May Be Breaking the Cosmic Speed Limit
Credit: Unsplash/Greg Rakozy. Our solar system is speeding through space much faster than previously thought, challenging the fundamental…
Astronomers Capture Post-Perihelion Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Some of the latest images of 3I/ATLAS — the third confirmed interstellar object to be detected passing through…
Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io is burning much hotter than expected
Jupiter’s volcanic moon has always felt like a place that tests your sense of what a world can…
Why is the Moon slowly moving away from Earth every year and what does it reveal about our planet’s future |
For billions of years, the Moon has been Earth’s steadfast companion, influencing tides, stabilising our planet’s tilt, and…
A Small World in the Outer Solar System Might Be Forming Rings Before Our Very Eyes
Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking…
New ‘Super-Earth’ just 18 light-years away sparks hope for life beyond our solar system |
New ‘Super-Earth’ just 18 light-years away sparks hope for life beyond our solar system Imagine looking up at…
Moon dust from Chang’e-6 mission reveals asteroids carried water to Earth
In a discovery that could rewrite what we know about where water comes from and the building blocks…
Meet 2025 SC79: Skyscraper-size asteroid hidden in sun’s glare discovered zooming at record speed
Astronomers have identified a skyscraper-sized asteroid, 2025 SC79, orbiting incredibly close to the Sun and at a near-record…
Total Solar Eclipses Can Trigger Dawn Behavior in Birds, Scientists Say
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up…
Unexpected Mixture of Hydrogen Cyanide and Hydrocarbons May Exist on Saturn’s Moon Titan
Titan offers great motivation for the detailed study of organic chemistry in unconventional conditions. Nonpolar hydrocarbons such as…
Baker’s Yeast Can Survive Mars-like Stress Conditions, New Study Shows
Exploring the possibility of the survival of life under extraterrestrial conditions is an important goal of astrobiology. In…
Einstein’s relativity could rewrite a major rule about what types of planets are habitable
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