Astronomers See Planets Forming Around Binary Stars
Over 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered around distant star systems. Protoplanetary disks have been discovered too and it’s these, out…
China's Lunar Samples Contain Graphene Flakes
In 2004, scientists at the University of Manchester first isolated and investigated graphene, the supermaterial composed of single-layer carbon atoms…
The Surface of Dimorphos is Surprisingly New
When NASA's DART mission intentionally slammed into Dimorphos in September 2022, the orbit of the moonlet was altered. Researchers have…
A Tower On The Moon Could Provide Astronauts With Light, Power, and Guidance
Technologies for enabling NASA's Artemis mission are coming thick and fast, as plenty of problems must be solved before a…
Scientists Want to Use the Moon to Safeguard Earth’s Biodiversity
There's something wrong with us. We've risen to prominence on a world that's positively "rippling with life," as Carl Sagan…
How Oumuamua Changes Our Perspective on Galactic Panspermia
Panspermia is an innately attractive idea that's gained prominence in recent decades. Yet, among working scientists, it gets little attention.…
A New Model Explains How Gas and Ice Giant Planets Can Form Rapidly
The most widely recognized explanation for planet formation is the accretion theory. It states that small particles in a protoplanetary…
A Unique Combination of Antennas Could Revolutionize Remote Sensing
Bigger antennas are better, at least according to researchers interested in geospatial monitoring. That's because higher resolution in monitoring applications…
Why is the Sun’s Corona So Hot? One Hypothesis Down, Many to Go
The temperature of the Sun’s corona is a minimum of 100 times hotter than the Sun’s surface, despite the corona…
A New Study Shows How our Sun Could Permantly Capture Rogue Planets!
Interest in interstellar objects (ISOs) was ignited in 2017 when 'Oumuamua flew through our Solar System and made a flyby…