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August 5, 2025
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July 27, 2025 Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison uncovered a critical flaw in how lunar and Martian rovers are tested on Earth. Simulations revealed that test results have been misleading for decades because researchers only adjusted rover weight to ...
July 2, 2025 UF engineers, backed by DARPA and NASA, are perfecting laser-forming techniques that let metal sheets fold themselves into giant solar arrays, antennas, and even space-station parts right in ...
June 27, 2025 The LSST camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its jaw-dropping first images, each capturing 45 times the area of the full moon in one shot. Over the next ten years, this cosmic giant will scan the southern sky in ultra-HD, helping ...
June 25, 2025 Imagine printing your Martian home from dust, sunlight, and a bit of biology. A new synthetic lichen system uses fungi and bacteria to grow building materials directly from Martian soil, completely autonomously and without human ...
June 5, 2025 Supermassive black holes might naturally replicate the colossal energies of man-made particle colliders possibly even revealing dark matter offering a cosmic shortcut to discoveries that would ...
June 3, 2025 Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this ...
May 30, 2025 The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, may represent one of the most promising ways to change the course of human aging, disease and even space travel, according to a new ...
May 28, 2025 A team of international astronomers have discovered a new cosmic object emitting both radio waves and ...
'Raindrops in the Sun's Corona': New Adaptive Optics Shows Stunning Details of Our Star's Atmosphere
May 27, 2025 Scientists have produced the finest images of the Sun's corona to date. To make these high-resolution images and movies, the team developed a new 'coronal adaptive optics' system that removes blur ...
May 23, 2025 Scientists may have solved the mystery of why the moon shows ancient signs of magnetism although it has no magnetic field today. An impact, such as from a large asteroid, could have generated a cloud of ionized particles that briefly enveloped the ...
May 19, 2025 The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from the James Webb Space telescope (JWST) in an area of the sky called COSMOS ...
May 19, 2025 Researchers analyzed a global database of 500,000 strange streaks that occur on steep Martian slopes, concluding that they're most likely caused by dry processes rather than liquid ...
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Aug. 5, 2025 A rare mineral from a 1724 meteorite defies the rules of heat flow, acting like both a crystal and a glass. Thanks to AI and quantum physics, researchers uncovered its bizarre ability to maintain ...
Aug. 2, 2025 Astronomers using ALMA have discovered complex organic molecules, including potential precursors to life's building blocks, in the protoplanetary disc of a young star, V883 Orionis. This finding ...
July 23, 2025 Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary disc—exactly where theory predicted. The direct light detection is what ...
July 22, 2025 NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is set to embark on a deep-sky survey that could capture nearly 100,000 cosmic explosions, shedding light on ...
July 20, 2025 A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar System. Named 2023 KQ14, ...
July 20, 2025 Astronomers have discovered a bizarre object in the outer solar system, 2020 VN40, that dances to Neptune’s gravitational beat in a never-before-seen rhythm. It’s the first of its kind, orbiting ...
July 20, 2025 Astronomers studying a rare neutron star system have uncovered a surprising source of powerful X-rays. Using NASA s IXPE telescope and data from other observatories, an international team found that ...
July 20, 2025 Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System. Using the James Webb ...
July 13, 2025 Imagine a star powered not by nuclear fusion, but by one of the universe’s greatest mysteries—dark matter. Scientists have proposed the existence of “dark dwarfs,” strange glowing objects ...
July 13, 2025 A 2.35-billion-year-old Moon rock that fell to Earth in Africa is rewriting what we know about lunar volcanism. This rare meteorite, studied by UK scientists and unveiled at a major geochemistry ...
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July 11, 2025 A newly discovered comet, 3I/ATLAS, may be the most ancient visitor ever detected, potentially older than our solar system itself. Unlike previous interstellar objects, this ice-rich comet seems to ...
July 13, 2025 New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite galaxies—up to 100 more than we currently know. These elusive "orphan" ...
July 11, 2025 In its closest-ever dive into the Sun’s atmosphere, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has returned stunning new images and data that bring scientists closer to solving one of the Sun’s biggest ...
July 11, 2025 In a bold step toward sustainable space travel, scientists are engineering a radically small, protein-rich rice that can grow in space. The Moon-Rice project, led by the Italian Space Agency in ...
July 9, 2025 Scientists from UCL and the University of Cambridge have revealed that "space ice"—long thought to be completely disordered—is actually sprinkled with tiny crystals, changing our ...
July 1, 2025 Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within ...
June 28, 2025 A surprising discovery from a tiny grain of asteroid Ryugu has rocked scientists' understanding of how our Solar System evolved. Researchers found djerfisherite—a mineral typically born in ...
June 16, 2025 When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient relics of violent volcanic activity. These glass spheres, tiny yet ...
June 13, 2025 Data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of small galaxies that played a starring role in a cosmic makeover that transformed the early universe into the one we know ...
June 12, 2025 NASA s CODEX experiment aboard the International Space Station is revealing the Sun like never before. Using advanced filters and a specialized coronagraph, CODEX has captured images showing that the ...
June 11, 2025 Astronomers have pulled off an unprecedented feat: detecting ultra-faint light from the Big Bang using ground-based telescopes. This polarized light scattered by the universe's very first stars ...
June 10, 2025 A violent solar eruption on May 31 launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) hurtling toward Earth, triggering a rare G4-level geomagnetic storm alert. Captured in real-time by U.S. Naval Research ...
June 21, 2025 A stunning breakthrough in solar physics reveals ultra-fine magnetic structures on the Sun's surface, thanks to the NSF's Inouye Solar Telescope. Researchers captured never-before-seen ...
May 14, 2025 By analyzing how far material ejected from an impact crater flies, scientists can locate buried glaciers and other interesting subsurface ...
May 12, 2025 Massive ripples in the very fabric of space and time wash over Earth constantly, although you'd never notice. An astrophysicist is trying a new search for these gravitational ...
May 6, 2025 Astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes thanks to data from NASA's NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) and other ...
May 5, 2025 In 1959, physicists James Terrell and Roger Penrose (Nobel laureate in 2020) independently concluded that fast-moving objects should appear rotated. However, this effect has never been demonstrated. ...
May 2, 2025 Space junk and meteoroids are falling to Earth every year, posing a growing risk as they re-enter the atmosphere at high speeds. Researchers are using infrasound sensors to track these objects, ...
Apr. 28, 2025 For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a ...
Apr. 28, 2025 New research has revealed that a massive meteorite struck northwestern Scotland about 200 million years later than previously thought, in a discovery that not only rewrites Scotland's geological ...
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- NASA Probe Flies Into the Sun and Captures the Origins of Solar Storms
- This Tiny Rice Plant Could Feed the First Lunar Colony
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Monday, April 28, 2025
- New Research Shatters Long-Held Beliefs About Asteroid Vesta
- Billion-Year-Old Impact in Scotland Sparks Questions About Life on Land
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Evidence Blasted Into Space: Mystery Why Some Meteorites Look Less Shocked Solved
- Scientists Use James Webb Space Telescope to Better Understand Solar System's Origins
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
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Friday, April 18, 2025
- Scientists Probe the Mystery of Titan's Missing Deltas
- Volcanic History and Clues to Ancient Life on Mars
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Ever Wonder Why Some Meteor Showers Are So Unpredictable?
- Crystal Clues on Mars Point to Watery and Possibly Life-Supporting Past
- Scientists Find Evidence That Overturns Theories of the Origin of Water on Earth
Monday, April 14, 2025
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- Saturn's Moon Titan Could Harbor Life, but Only a Tiny Amount, Study Finds
- What If We Find Nothing in Our Search for Life Beyond Earth?
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Existing International Law Can Help Secure Peace and Security in Outer Space
- Asteroid Impact Threat Estimates Improved for the Earth and the Moon
- Insight from One of Milky Way's Most Extreme Environments
- Miso Made in Space Tastes Nuttier
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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Monday, March 17, 2025
- Combination of Cosmic Processes Shapes the Size and Location of Sub-Neptunes
- Webb Telescope Captures Its First Direct Images of Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System
- Age of Upcoming Asteroid Flyby Target
Thursday, March 13, 2025
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Monday, March 10, 2025
- James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Unexpected Complex Chemistry in Primordial Galaxy
- Evidence of a New Phenomenon: Quantum Tornadoes in Momentum Space
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Designing a Satellite to Hunt Small Space Debris
- Young Star Clusters Give Birth to Rogue Planetary-Mass Objects
- The International Space Station Is Overly Sterile; Making It 'dirtier' Could Improve Astronaut Health
- NASA's Hubble Provides Bird's-Eye View of Andromeda Galaxy's Ecosystem
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Lunar Trailblazer Blasts Off to Map Water on the Moon
- ESO Observations Help Almost Fully Rule out 2024 YR4 Asteroid Impact
- The Galactic Journey of Our Solar System
Monday, February 24, 2025
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Friday, February 14, 2025
- Does Planetary Evolution Favor Human-Like Life? Study Ups Odds We're Not Alone
- Deposits Found on a Nearby Asteroid Point to Salty Water in the Outer Solar System
- New Research Sheds Light on Using Multiple CubeSats for in-Space Servicing and Repair Missions
Thursday, February 13, 2025
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Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Alien Ocean Could Hide Signs of Life from Spacecraft
- Largest Radio Jet Ever Seen in the Early Universe
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Meteorite Discovery Challenges Long-Held Theories on Earth's Missing Elements
- Scientists Simulate Asteroid Collision Effects on Climate and Plants
- One in Four Chance Per Year That Rocket Junk Will Enter Busy Airspace
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
- AI-Driven Performance Prediction Model to Advance Space Electric Propulsion Technology?
- Wobbling Stars Reveal Hidden Companions in Gaia Data
Monday, February 3, 2025
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
- The Hidden Power of the Smallest Microquasars
- Life's Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu Samples
- Exploring Mysteries of Asteroid Bennu
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- Moon Is Not as 'geologically Dead' As Previously Thought
- Follow the Water: Searching for a Lunar Oasis
Monday, January 27, 2025
- Innovation 'sifts' Space for Mysteries
- Dwarf Planet Ceres: Building Blocks of Life Delivered from Space
Friday, January 17, 2025
- Astrophysicists Reveal Structure of 74 Exocomet Belts Orbiting Nearby Stars in Landmark Survey
- NASA's Hubble Traces Hidden History of Andromeda Galaxy
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- NASA Celebrates Edwin Hubble's Discovery of a New Universe
- This Quasar May Have Helped Turn the Lights on for the Universe
- Three Tiny 'stellar-Ghost-Town' Galaxies Discovered