Read More Scince News Space 11 hours ago JWST Sees Exoplanet Sprout Two Giant Helium Tails Unexpected JWST observations reveal WASP-121b trailing two giant helium tails across nearly 60% of its orbit. Continuous full-orbit spectroscopy exposes complex atmospheric escape and challenges current 3D models of star–planet interaction.
Read More Scince News Space a day ago Close Call: Chinese Satellite Passed 200m from Starlink SpaceX reports a Chinese Kinetica 1 payload came within ~200 meters of a Starlink satellite, highlighting risks from crowded low Earth orbit and the need for better coordination to avoid collisions and debris.
Read More Scince News Space 2 days ago Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks: How to Watch the Sky Tonight The Geminid meteor shower peaks on 13–14 December 2025 with up to 150 meteors per hour. Learn why Geminids are special, when to look, and how to get the best view this year.
Read More Scince News Space 2 days ago Mars' Hidden Role: How It Shapes Earth's Climate Cycle New simulations reveal Mars exerts a measurable gravitational influence on Earth's Milankovitch cycles, affecting ice age pacing and obliquity. The discovery reshapes how we assess planetary habitability.
Read More Scince News Space 3 days ago Space Dust Shows Arctic Ice Is Melting Faster Than Thought Researchers used cosmic dust and helium-3 in Arctic seafloor cores to reconstruct 30,000 years of sea-ice history, revealing links between ice loss, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem shifts as the Arctic warms.
Read More Scince News Space 4 days ago Why Super-Jupiters Might Not Resemble Jupiter in Appearance New JWST observations and atmospheric models reveal that many "super-Jupiters" — massive exoplanets — may look very different from Jupiter: hotter, redder and dominated by turbulent, dusty storms rather than neat banded clouds.
Read More Scince News Space 6 days ago Giant Planet and Brown Dwarf Revealed by Subaru and Gaia OASIS discoveries combine Gaia astrometry and Subaru imaging to reveal a massive planet (HIP 54515 b) and a Roman-ready brown dwarf (HIP 71618 B), advancing direct-imaging and coronagraph tests.
Read More Scince News Space 6 days ago Is TRAPPIST-1e Hosting Methane? Webb's Ambiguous Clues Webb’s first spectra of TRAPPIST-1e show tentative methane signatures, but researchers caution the signal may be stellar contamination. New techniques and missions like Pandora will be crucial to confirm an atmosphere.
Read More Scince News Space 8 days ago 2025 Antarctic Ozone Hole Shrinks: Signs of Recovery NOAA and NASA report that the 2025 Antarctic ozone hole was unusually small and short-lived. Falling chlorine levels and a weaker polar vortex limited ozone loss, reinforcing signs that the Montreal Protocol is driving recovery.
Read More Scince News Space 8 days ago Voyager 2 Mystery Solved: Solar Storm Supercharged Uranus SwRI researchers suggest a powerful solar wind structure—likely a co-rotating interaction region—boosted Uranus’ radiation belts during Voyager 2’s 1986 flyby, explaining decades-old anomalous measurements.
Read More Scince News Space 9 days ago Rain on Ancient Mars? Kaolinite Points to a Tropical Past Perseverance spotted kaolinite-rich, pale rocks in Jezero Crater. New analyses suggest prolonged rainfall and tropical-like weathering once occurred on Mars, with implications for ancient climate and habitability.
Read More Scince News Space 11 days ago Cosmic Tornado: Longest Rotating Filament Discovered Astronomers have found a 49-million-light-year rotating filament of galaxies, the longest spinning structure observed. Multiwavelength data show coherent rotation, hydrogen-rich gas, and implications for galaxy spin and cosmic web dynamics.
Read More Scince News Space 12 days ago Cold Supermoon on December 4: How to Photograph It The Cold Supermoon on December 4, 2025 will appear larger and brighter as the Moon reaches perigee. Learn the science, timing, and practical photography tips to capture this clear winter moonrise.
Read More Scince News Space 12 days ago Curiosity Cracked a Mars Rock and Uncovered Elemental Sulfur A routine drive by NASA's Curiosity rover accidentally exposed vivid yellow crystals of elemental sulfur in Gediz Vallis, an unexpected discovery that raises new questions about Mars' geological and chemical history.
Read More Scince News Space 13 days ago Superionic Heart: Carbon Softens Earth's Inner Core High-pressure experiments show Earth's inner core may be superionic: an iron lattice with fluid-like carbon diffusion, explaining slow shear waves, high Poisson’s ratio, and implications for the geodynamo and planetary interiors.
Read More Scince News Space Editor's choice 13 days ago Turning Space Junk into Reusable Spacecraft Materials As satellite launches accelerate, researchers propose a circular space economy: design satellites to be repaired, refueled and recycled, deploy robotic debris removal and use AI to cut collisions and waste in orbit.
Read More Scince News Space 15 days ago Can Variable Stars Let Planets Keep Their Water? New Study A new analysis of nine exoplanets orbiting active stars finds stellar variability has limited influence on equilibrium temperatures and that planets near the inner habitable zone can still retain water under many conditions.
Read More Scince News Space Editor's choice 15 days ago Mars's Hidden Glaciers Revealed by Mars Express Imagery Mars Express HRSC imagery reveals lineated valley fill and concentric crater fill in Coloe Fossae, showing glaciers once reached mid-latitudes. These features record Mars’s ice ages driven by axial tilt shifts.
Read More Scince News Space 15 days ago Why Hot Jupiters Host Supersonic Winds Over 3600 km - h Hot Jupiters whip up supersonic jet streams exceeding 3,600 km/h. Discover why close-in gas giants develop iron-rich, dayside–nightside winds and what this means for exoplanet atmospheric science.
Read More Scince News Space 16 days ago Balloon Telescope Reveals Polarized X-Rays Around Cygnus X-1 A balloon-borne telescope, XL-Calibur, captured the most precise polarized hard X-rays from Cygnus X-1, revealing how superheated gas and magnetic fields behave near a black hole and paving the way for future missions.
