Mars' Wind Speeds Far Higher Than Scientists Expected
New analyses of more than a thousand Martian dust devils show that wind speeds on Mars can be far stronger than previous...
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Tabletop Detector Could Open a New Gravitational Window
Researchers at the Universities of Birmingham and Sussex have developed a compact detector designed to sense gravitation...
Uranus Moon Ariel: Evidence for a 100-Mile Deep Ocean
New findings and the original image captionNew research suggests that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, might have once harbored ...
Quasar J0529 Shrinks: Outflow Cuts Mass Estimate Tenfold
New interferometer observations revise quasar J0529's massPeering into the first billion years of cosmic history require...
Million-Sun-Mass Dark Object Detected by Global Radio Array
Discovery: the smallest dark gravitational lens yet foundA multinational team of astronomers has identified the lowest-m...
New Geological Evidence: Mars Once Had a Northern Ocean
New geological evidence points to a northern Martian oceanBillions of years ago, Mars may have resembled Earth in one cr...
Pacific Beryllium-10 Spike Suggests Nearby Supernova
Unusual Beryllium-10 Deposit Raises Supernova QuestionAn international team of researchers has proposed that a marked in...
NASA Will Send Astronauts' Tissue 'Avatars' to Space
NASA's AVATAR: Sending Human Tissue to Test Space HealthWhen NASA prepares to send astronauts around the Moon on the Art...
Lunar Radio Echoes Could Reveal Dark Matter’s Identity
Listening to the Universe’s Dark AgesBy listening for ghostly radio echoes from the early Universe, scientists believe f...
JWST Hints at Supermassive Dark Stars in the Early Universe
New JWST data point to dark-matter-powered starsAstronomers analyzing James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations hav...
Silverpit Impact: North Sea Asteroid and 330-ft Tsunami
Silverpit confirmed as an asteroid impactNew multidisciplinary research has resolved a long-standing geological controve...
Rogue Planet Gorges at Record Six Billion Tonnes Per Second
Rogue planet devours disc material at unprecedented rateA free-floating or "rogue" planet, known as Cha 1107-7626, has b...
Why It Rains on the Sun: Elemental Shifts Explain It
Solar rain and the mystery of rapid coronal downpoursResearchers at the University of Hawai‘i Institute for Astronomy ha...
Hubble Reveals NGC 6000: Old and New Stars in Color
Hubble’s image of NGC 6000 reveals a glowing galactic masterpiece filled with both old red stars and young blue ones. Am...
Moon's Two Faces: Far Side's Cooler Deep Mantle Revealed
Scientists find a deep thermal divide in the MoonScientists analyzing samples from China’s Chang’e 6 mission report that...
NASA's ESCAPADE Heads to Mars on Blue Origin New Glenn
NASA assigns ESCAPADE to Blue Origin’s New Glenn for fall 2025 launchMore than two years after NASA selected a launch pr...
Dwarf Galaxies Lit the Cosmic Dawn, New JWST Evidence
How the cosmic lights came onAstronomers are closing in on the long-standing mystery of what illuminated the early Unive...
Reanalysis Reveals Venus' Clouds Are Mostly Water Now
New Read on Old Data: Water in Venus' CloudsRevisiting archived spacecraft measurements with modern tools and perspectiv...
Most Exoplanets Lack Deep Oceans, New Study Shows Worldwide
New study overturns assumptions about ocean worldsA major new analysis led by ETH Zurich finds that many exoplanets prev...
Nearest Technological Civilization Could Be 33,000 ly Away
New study sets heavy odds against nearby intelligent lifeAn analysis presented at the EPSC–DPS2025 Joint Meeting in Hels...