Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Why Earth's Magnetosphere Carries the Wrong Charge Explained New satellite data and MHD simulations reveal a surprising charge reversal across Earth's magnetosphere: the morning sector is often negative and the evening sector positive in the equatorial plane, reshaping space weather models.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Titan's Ice Breaks Chemistry Rules: Cyanide Co-crystals New research finds hydrogen cyanide can form stable co-crystals with methane and ethane on Titan, challenging the polar/nonpolar rule and reshaping ideas about prebiotic chemistry on the icy moon.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks in Moonless Sky - Oct 21 The Orionid meteor shower peaks on the night of Oct. 21 under a new Moon. Expect fast, bright meteors from debris left by Halley's Comet — best viewing after midnight toward Orion.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Moon Radio Telescopes Could Expose Dark Matter Soon Japanese simulations show the faint 21-cm radio glow from the Universe's Dark Ages could reveal dark matter properties. Lunar far-side radio telescopes may be the ideal way to detect this tiny signal.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago How CO2 Ice Blocks Carve Strange Gullies on Mars Today Lab experiments show CO2 ice blocks can burrow through Martian sand via rapid sublimation, carving gullies that mimic biological traces. The discovery reshapes how scientists interpret dune gullies and seasonal erosion on Mars.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Fresh Ice on Enceladus Reveals Organic Clues to Life Reanalysis of Cassini plume data reveals fresh, complex organic molecules in ice from Enceladus. Findings strengthen the moon’s candidacy as a potentially habitable ocean world and inform future ESA mission plans.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Tiny Dark Blob Detected 7.3 Billion Light-Years Away Astronomers used gravitational lensing to detect a compact, invisible mass of roughly one million solar masses in a galaxy 7.3 billion light-years away — the smallest object ever found at cosmological distance by gravity.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Planet Y: Hidden Earth-Size World Tilts the Kuiper Belt New analysis of Kuiper Belt orbits finds a 15° tilt between 80–200 AU, suggesting a hidden sub-Earth world dubbed "Planet Y." Researchers outline methods, simulations, and search implications for the outer Solar System.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Which Planets Formed First in Our Solar System: New Views Scientists still debate which planets formed first. This article explains competing formation models, dating techniques like crater counting and radiometric analysis, and how future missions could resolve the timeline.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Hidden Impact: New 11-Million-Year Tektites in Australia Scientists have found 11-million-year-old tektites in South Australia, revealing a previously unknown giant asteroid impact. The distinctive glass fragments lack an identified crater, reshaping our view of Earth's impact history.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Why the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin Hides Deep Secrets New analysis shows the Moon’s South Pole–Aitken basin was struck from the north, not the south. That revised impact direction means Artemis astronauts landing on the southern rim could access deep lunar material and KREEP-rich deposits.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago What Starship's 11th Test Means for NASA's Moon Plan SpaceX's Starship completed its 11th test flight with planned splashdowns, booster recovery and mock payload releases. The mission advances NASA's Artemis goals but highlights remaining technical challenges like orbital refueling and reusable heat shields.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Hidden Solar 'Tornadoes' Reveal New Space Weather Risks High-resolution simulations reveal that small, tornado-like magnetic flux ropes can form in the solar wind when coronal mass ejections collide with slower plasma, posing a previously underestimated risk to Earth’s infrastructure and forecasting systems.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Climate Tipping Points: Coral Reefs, Ice Sheets, and Risk The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 warns coral reefs have likely passed their thermal tipping point and parts of polar ice sheets may be committed to melt. The report urges rapid emissions cuts and policies to trigger positive tipping toward clean energy.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Mars' Wind Speeds Far Higher Than Scientists Expected A global study using Mars Express and ExoMars imagery reveals dust-devil winds up to 160 km/h. The new wind maps improve understanding of Martian dust hazards for robotic and human missions.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Tabletop Detector Could Open a New Gravitational Window A compact detector using optical cavities and atomic clock tech could probe the milli-Hertz gravitational-wave band, revealing hidden black hole mergers, white dwarf binaries, and early-universe signals long before space missions arrive.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Uranus Moon Ariel: Evidence for a 100-Mile Deep Ocean New Icarus research finds Ariel, a moon of Uranus, may have hosted a subsurface ocean up to 100 miles (170 km) deep. Models linking surface fractures and tidal stress point to past orbital heating and interior oceans.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Quasar J0529 Shrinks: Outflow Cuts Mass Estimate Tenfold GRAVITY+ observations of quasar J0529 reveal a 10,000 km/s outflow that inflated emission-line widths. Correcting for the outflow lowers the black hole mass estimate tenfold, reshaping early-Universe growth models.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago Million-Sun-Mass Dark Object Detected by Global Radio Array Astronomers using a global radio-telescope array have detected a million-solar-mass dark object through gravitational lensing. The finding supports cold dark matter models and opens new searches for hidden substructures.
Read More Scince News Space 2 months ago New Geological Evidence: Mars Once Had a Northern Ocean New research comparing Martian satellite data with Earth field analogs suggests large rivers once flowed into a northern ocean on Mars. Inverted channels, long backwater zones, and delta deposits support this view and guide future exploration.