Io is Having a Major Volcanic Outburst
Since last summer, Jupiter’s third largest moon, Io, has been lighting up the Jovian system with a major burst of…
How Many Stars Formed Together With the Sun in Our Stellar Nebula?
Even though our Sun is now a solitary star, it still has siblings somewhere in the Milky Way. Stars form…
Mars Has Bizarre Dunes Thanks to its Low Atmospheric Pressure and Strange Winds
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers led by Stanford University used artificial intelligence…
Seen From Space: Sand Dunes on Mars Covered by Frost
Seasonal changes on Mars lead to all kinds of interesting features that astronauts will have a chance to explore soon!
Minerals Could Form on Mars Without an Oxygen-Rich Atmosphere
Earth's oxygen-rich atmosphere does more than provide the foundation for complex life. The oxygen in the atmosphere is so reactive…
Spock-tacular! Tech Pioneer Boosts Plan for Leonard Nimoy Memorial
Efforts to create a memorial celebrating the legacy of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played a pointy-eared alien named Spock…
China is Considering Where to Build a Lunar Research Station
The second Moon race is in full swing, with the world's two big superpowers angling to score a new set…
Want to Build Structures on the Moon? Just Blast the Regolith With Microwaves
Microwaves are useful for more than just heating up leftovers. They can also make landing pads on other worlds -…
An Ongoing Study of Jupiter’s Cloudtops Has Been Going on for 40 Years
Some of the most useful discoveries about distant objects take time to complete. For example, several generations of planetary scientists…
Should Planetary Defence Take Center Stage?
Throughout the Solar System, planets and moons bear the scars of a past fraught with collisions. The Moon, Mercury, and…