Mars Has an Earth-Like Core, New Seismic Evidence Revealed
Seismic breakthrough: evidence for a solid inner core on MarsResearchers analysing seismic data from NASA's InSight land...
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Historic First: Full 3D Measurement of Black-Hole Recoil
New milestone: tracking a black hole's three-dimensional kickA team led by the Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerx...
NASA Reaches 6,000 Confirmed Exoplanets in Catalog
Milestone: 6,000 Confirmed ExoplanetsScientists have cataloged a growing menagerie of planets beyond our solar system, a...
Aliens Could Eavesdrop on Our Spacecraft Radio Signals
How planetary communications create interstellar radio trailsSpace missions rely on high-power radio transmissions to co...
Webb Finds First Atmospheric Clues on TRAPPIST-1e Now
New JWST data narrows the search for an atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1eThe Earth-size exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e, located about 40 ...
Hidden Pickup Ions in Solar Wind Could Alter Space Weather
New observations reveal pickup ions near EarthA recent study led by Dr. Michael Starkey of the Southwest Research Instit...
New Class of Ancient Star Systems Discovered in Milky Way
New simulations reveal an unexpected class of star systemsHigh-resolution cosmological simulations run by the University...
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NASA Confirms 6,000 Exoplanets: Mapping New Alien Worlds
Milestone: Six Thousand Confirmed ExoplanetsNASA recently updated the catalog of confirmed exoplanets to include 6,000 e...
Radiation Produces Organics on Enceladus — New Findings
New laboratory results complicate the search for life on EnceladusSaturn’s icy moon Enceladus has been a prime target in...
Webb Detects Methane Gas Above Dwarf Planet Makemake
Webb reveals methane gas above MakemakeAn international team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has used the...
Asteroid Impact in Finland: Life Colonized the Crater
Impact, fracture and a new habitat78 million years ago a roughly 1.6-kilometre asteroid struck the region now known as F...
Sun Becoming More Active — Scientists and NASA Puzzled
Rising Solar Activity: What’s ChangedThe Sun, long regarded as a steady and predictable star, is showing signs of system...
90% Chance to Detect a Black Hole Explosion
A new theoretical analysis from researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests there is roughly a 90% p...
Messier 96: Hubble Reveals New Star-Forming Ring in Leo
Hubble image highlights a warped spiralMessier 96 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 35 million light-years from E...
Sun's Rising Activity Challenges Solar Predictions
Unexpected uptick in solar activityRecent analyses of long-term solar observations indicate that the Sun's activity has ...
Why the Moon Is Slowly Drifting Away from Earth: Tides
The Moon is moving away from Earth at roughly 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) per year. Scientists measure this recession wi...
Effort.jl: Fast Emulators for Cosmological Surveys
Background: From Physical Models to Massive DatasetsModern cosmology links phenomena across enormous scales: large-scale...
Hidden Peril of Asteroid Deflection: How a Poorly Aimed Strike Could Postpone an Impact
The promise and perils of kinetic deflectionWhen an asteroid is determined to be on a collision course with Earth, the l...
Leopard Spots on Mars: Could the Sapphire Canyon Sample Be a Microbial Biosignature?
a spotted rock and a possible clue to ancient lifeIn July 2024 the Perseverance rover drilled into a distinctive, banded...
Solar Orbiter Reveals Two Distinct Types of Particles Emitted by the Sun
Close-up measurements reveal two clear particle populationsOur Sun appears calm from Earth, but spacecraft that approach...