Can Variable Stars Let Planets Keep Their Water? New Study
Astronomers have long worried that wild stellar behavior — flares, spots and magnetic storms — can strip atmospheres and...
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Mars's Hidden Glaciers Revealed by Mars Express Imagery
New high-resolution views from ESA’s Mars Express orbiter reveal striking glacial traces in the Coloe Fossae region, evi...
Why Hot Jupiters Host Supersonic Winds Over 3600 km - h
Giant exoplanets that hug their stars are stirring up winds far stronger than anything in our solar system. Observations...
Balloon Telescope Reveals Polarized X-Rays Around Cygnus X-1
High over the Arctic, a balloon-borne observatory has caught polarized X-rays streaming from the famous black hole Cygnu...
Why a Red Giant in Gaia BH2 Defies Stellar Theory Today
A seemingly ordinary red giant orbiting an invisible companion in the Gaia BH2 system is rewriting expectations about ho...
Tiny Red Dots: Are Black Hole 'Stars' Behind JWST's Find
When the James Webb Space Telescope began returning its first images in 2022, astronomers noticed hundreds of unusually ...
Gemini South Reveals Stunning New Image of Butterfly Nebula
The Gemini South telescope has released a dramatic new view of the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302) to celebrate its 25th ann...
Voyager 1 Reaches One Light-Day Distance from Earth 2026
NASA's long-lived Voyager 1 is poised to pass a remarkable milestone in November 2026: it will be the first human-made o...
Boeing's Starliner Grounded for Crew Flights — What's Next?
NASA has temporarily barred Boeing's Starliner spacecraft from carrying astronauts on its upcoming operational flight, d...
Mars Hears Its Own Thunder: Perseverance Records Lightning
For the first time, a rover on Mars has captured the electrical crackle of dust-driven lightning and even tiny sonic boo...
Ancient Sulfur in Apollo Rock Suggests Moon’s Origins
Buried for decades in a helium-sealed vault, a sliver of Apollo 17 material has yielded an unexpected clue about the ear...
Did We Finally Spot Dark Matter in the Milky Way Halo?
After 15 years of gamma-ray observations, astronomers have identified a faint, high-energy glow in the Milky Way's halo ...
Where Did Theia Come From? New Evidence Points Nearby
Roughly 4.5 billion years ago a Mars-sized planetesimal smashed into the young Earth, producing a molten, chaotic afterm...
Rapid Rescue: Shenzhou-22 Emergency Launch to Tiangong
China carried out its first-ever emergency space launch when an unmanned Shenzhou-22 capsule, lofted by a Long March-2F ...
Boeing’s Starliner Set for Uncrewed ISS Flight in 2026
NASA and Boeing have confirmed that the Starliner spacecraft is being prepared for another trip to the International Spa...
Could a Primordial Black Hole Ever Pass Through You?
Primordial black holes are a theoretical class of black holes thought to have formed in the very early universe. In popu...
AI Maps 100 Billion Stars: Faster, Sharper Milky Way Sim
A Japanese research team has used artificial intelligence to create the most detailed Milky Way simulation to date — one...
Hidden Deep: How Core Leaks Shaped Earth's Habitability
Deep beneath our feet, enormous and oddly behaving structures at the core–mantle boundary are rewriting parts of Earth’s...
How Mantle Waves Peel Continents and Feed Volcanoes
Geoscientists say a slow, hidden process deep beneath our feet is stripping continental roots and carrying that material...
Our Solar System May Be Moving Far Faster Than Expected
New analysis of distant radio galaxies suggests our Solar System might be racing through space at a speed far greater th...