Pluto’s Surface was Shaped by Ice Volcanoes
For all of Earth's geological diversity and its long history, the planet has never had ice volcanoes. But Pluto has.…
New Simulation Recreates an Early Time in the Universe That Still Hasn't Been Seen Directly
A new simulation suite created by an international team of scientists shows what the James Webb will be seeing soon!
Europa Could be Pulling Oxygen Down Below the Ice to Feed Life
Jupiter's moon Europa is a prime candidate in the search for life. The frozen moon has a subsurface ocean, and…
It’s Not Conclusive, But Methane is Probably the Best Sign of Life on Exoplanets
When the James Webb Space Telescope aims at exoplanet atmospheres, it'll use spectroscopy to identify chemical elements. One of the…
Supermassive Black Holes Shut Down Star Formation
Supermassive black holes play a central role to weaken star production in their galaxies.
NASA Astronaut and Cosmonauts Land Safely Together in Kazakhstan
After much speculation and concern the past month whether Russia would allow a US astronaut to ride back to Earth…
A New Record! Hubble Detects an Individual Star From a Time When the Universe Was Less Than a Billion Years Old
A star that sounds as if it came from "The Lord of the Rings" now marks one of the Hubble…
ESA’s Solar Orbiter Takes a Ludicrously High Resolution Image of the Sun
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter snaps an amazing image, en route to its first close pass near the Sun.
This is Where the Mars Sample Return Mission Could be Landing
NASA's Perseverance Rover is busy exploring Jezero Crater on Mars. Part of its mission is to collect samples for retrieval…
Astronomers Come up With a New Message to let the Aliens Know we’re Here
An international team of researchers has composed an updated Arecibo Message, known as the Beacon in the Galaxy (BITG) Message.