Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi, have spotted such a gruesome glimpse of stellar ...
If you’re seated while reading these words — as I am writing them — you’re most likely convinced that you and the room around you are stationary. What if ...
The exploration of binary star systems reveals surprises that challenge our conceptions of planetary formation. Thanks to NASA's TESS satellite, specialized in hunting exoplanets, an ...
The presence of liquid water, heat and the right chemicals on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, means that its sub-surface ...
Recent scientific modeling has proposed a fascinating theory about how Pluto captured its largest moon, Charon. The theory ...
Astronomers have discovered phosphine gas in the atmosphere of an ancient brown dwarf, Wolf 1130C, using the James Webb Space ...
Phosphorus is one of six essential elements that make life on Earth possible. When it bonds with hydrogen, it forms phosphine (PH3), a highly toxic ...
That’s what it took to save NASA’s ESCAPADE mission from a lengthy delay, and possible cancellation, after its rocket wasn’t ready to send it toward Mars during its appointed launch window last year.
Building on that legacy, Lowell Observatory played a key role in the world’s first Planetary Defense mission in 2022, DART ...
The 321-foot-tall New Glenn rocket is scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on ...
This will be the second flight of the orbital rocket from Jeff Bezos’s space company and will include a key test of whether ...