JWST Observes the Kuiper Belt: Sedna, Gonggong, and Quaoar
Using data acquired by the JWST, an international team of planetary scientists have revealed new insights about some of the…
Small Magnetic Fields Have a Big Impact on the Sun's Atmosphere
Surrounding the brilliant Sun is a layer of diffuse plasma known as the corona. You can't see it most of…
In 250 Million Years, a Single Supercontinent will Form, Wiping Out Nearly all Mammals
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience uses supercomputer climate models to examine how a supercontinent, dubbed Pangea Ultima (also…
Mercury is Still Shrinking
Mercury is considered a scorching, barren landscape that would literally melt your face off if you were standing on it…
NASA's Psyche Mission is off to Asteroid Psyche
NASA's Psyche mission just launched on a six year journey to explore a metal world in the Asteroid Belt.
China Chooses the Site for their TRIDENT Neutrino Detector
China is building a new neutrino detector named TRIDENT, the Tropical Deep-sea Neutrino Telescope. They're building it in the South…
A Huge New Gaia Data Release: More Stars, Gravitational Lenses and Asteroids
The ESA's Gaia mission is releasing a new tranche of astronomical data. The mission has released three regular, massive hauls…
The Milky Way’s Stolen Globular Clusters
Modern astronomy holds that all major galaxies (with the Milky Way as no exception) are the accumulation of numerous small…
Are Pulsars the Key to Finding Dark Matter?
The search for dark matter continues, with astronomers developing new hypotheses to search for this invisible gravitational influence on the…
This is What it Would Be Like to Fly Across Mars
Many of us have dreamed about flying over the surface of Mars—someday. The planet offers so many cool places to…