Late, Water-Rich Impact Likely Delivered Earth’s Life-Enabling Ingredients, New Analysis Suggests
Rapid chemical differentiation in the early Solar SystemThe Solar System formed about 4,568 million years ago. New analy...
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Interstellar Comet 3I - ATLAS Develops a Visible Tail Ahead of October Perihelion
New high-resolution images from NOIRLab’s Gemini South telescope reveal that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is developing a...
Millions Witness 'Blood Moon' Total Lunar Eclipse Across Asia, Europe and Africa
Stunning 'Blood Moon' Captivates SkywatchersA total lunar eclipse produced a striking "Blood Moon" on Sunday night, draw...
Seismic Clues Reveal Fragments in Mars’s Mantle: New Insights into Planetary Interiors
Preserved fragments deep beneath MarsUnlike Earth, where plate tectonics continually recycles crustal material into the ...
Watch the Blood Moon: Total Lunar Eclipse Visible Across Asia, Parts of Europe and Africa
When and where to see the Blood MoonStargazers across Asia will have a prime view of a total lunar eclipse this Sunday n...
Webb Sees a 'Blob' Near Epsilon Eridani — Planet or Instrument Artifact?
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently targeted one of the Sun's nearest stellar neighbors, Epsilon Eridani, and...
Tiny Ryugu Grains Contain an Unseen Mineral: Clues to Solar System Origins and the Role of Phosphorus
Rare asteroid grains carry ancient chemistry to EarthTwo microscopic fragments returned by JAXA's Hayabusa2 mission are ...
Earth's Solid Heart: How Carbon Enabled Inner Core Crystallization and Stabilized the Geodynamo
New constraint on core chemistry: carbon as a freezing agentCartoon of the Earth with cutaway showing the mantle and inn...
Seismic Maps Reveal Dozens of Buried Protoplanets Inside Mars’ Mantle
Seismic evidence uncovers ancient impactors preserved in Mars’ mantleScientists analyzing seismic records from NASA’s In...
Global Survey Finds Mars’ Glaciers Are More Than 80% Pure Ice — Implications for Climate and Exploration
Mars' Hidden Glaciers: A New Global PictureBeneath Mars’ dusty slopes lie glaciers that resemble frozen honey, but new r...
Most of Earth to See 82-Minute 'Blood Moon' Total Lunar Eclipse on 7–8 September 2025
On the night of 7–8 September 2025 a total lunar eclipse will turn the full Moon a deep red for observers across large p...
Solar Orbiter Identifies Two Distinct Streams of the Sun’s Fastest Electrons, Clarifying Space Weather Origins
The Sun as a Natural Particle AcceleratorThe Sun is not only the source of light and heat for the Solar System; it also ...
Rectangular Space Telescope Could Reveal Nearby Earth-like Worlds
Why finding Earth’s twins is so difficultDetecting an Earth-sized planet orbiting a Sun-like star is fundamentally a pro...
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Rectangular Space Telescope Could Reveal Nearby Earth-like Worlds
Why finding Earth’s twins is so difficultDetecting an Earth-sized planet orbiting a Sun-like star is fundamentally a pro...
NASA’s 2030 Lunar Reactor Plan: Where to Place a Fission Power Source and How to Protect It
Introduction: Strategic power on the MoonOn August 5, 2025, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced an accelerate...
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Boosts Space Coast Launch Count as 2025 Nears 100 Missions
Space Coast momentum: 70th launch keeps 2025 record paceSpaceX continued its rapid cadence on the Florida Space Coast wi...
Mars‑Sized Impact Could Explain Venus’s Retrograde Spin and Missing Moon
Venus shares size, mass and bulk composition with Earth, yet its environment is radically different: a dense CO2 atmosph...
New Study Dates Jupiter’s Birth Using Molten Droplets Preserved in Meteorites
Jupiter’s formation left molten fingerprints in early solar system debrisNew research shows that the rapid growth of Jup...
Could Dark Matter Turn Giant Exoplanets into Planet-Sized Black Holes?
Superheavy dark matter and planetary collapseDark matter makes up roughly 85 percent of the Universe's matter by mass, y...
James Webb Finds 300 Unusually Bright Early-Galaxy Candidates, Challenging Formation Models
Astronomers at the University of Missouri have sifted through James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) infrared images and flag...