Cylindrical Autonomous Drilling Bot Could Reach Buried Martian Water
The south pole of Mars is a likely candidate for future exploration efforts there. It is also an area of…
Giant Tidal Waves are Crashing Onto the Surface of an Enormous Star
Although the surface of a star seems quite different from the ocean, the underlying effect of gravity can create similar…
Astronomers Find a Newly-Forming Quadruple-Star System
Scientists have observed a rare quadruple star system in formation, revealing new insights into how multi-star systems form.
Deploying a Huge Antenna On The Moon Could Study Its Insides
Understanding what lies under the lunar surface could be critical to future exploration efforts. A series of missions have already…
Juno Shares Stunning New Images of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io
The Juno made its closest pass to Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon, and snapped some stunning images of an eruption on…
Researchers Match Up 12 Meteorites with the Near-Earth Asteroids They Came From
Every day meteoroids blast through our planet's atmosphere to hit the ground as meteorites. A team of researchers in Italy…
Evidence for Modified Gravity Found in the Motions of Binary Stars
There are two leading explanations for dark matter, massive particles that don't interact with regular matter apart from gravity and…
JWST Turns its Gaze on the Farthest Known Star: Earendel
In March 2022, astronomers announced the discovery of the farthest known star via an image taken by the Hubble Space…
We Could Get Material On The Moon By Shocking It With Lightning
Lately, plenty of ideas have been floating around for methods to mine the Moon. That is undoubtedly partly due to…
Virgin Galactic Flies Its First Privately Funded Space Tourists
Virgin Galactic sent its first privately funded adventurers — and its first space sweepstakes winners — past the 50-mile space…