Science
Earth’s Oxygen Could be Making the Moon Rust
It takes oxygen to make iron rust. So when scientists discovered hematite spread widely through lunar high latitudes, they were…
Nancy Roman Telescope’s Primary 2.4-Meter Mirror is Ready
The Nancy Roman Telescope has reached another milestone in its development. NASA has announced that the space telescope's primary mirror…
A Huge Ring-Like Structure on Ganymede Might be the Result of an Enormous Impact
Ganymede's surface is a bit of a puzzle for planetary scientists. About two-thirds of its surface is covered in lighter…
There’s One Cloud on Mars That’s Over 1800 km Long
Mars' massive cloud is back. Every year during Mars' summer solstice, a cloud of water ice forms on the leeward…
Microbes Were Dormant for Over 100 Million Years, But They Were Able to Spring Back to Life
At the bottom of the ocean in the South Pacific Gyre, there's a sediment layer that is among the most…
A Group of Meteorites All Came From a Destroyed Planetesimal With a Magnetic Core
Before our Solar System had planets, it had planetesimals. Scientists think that most of the meteorites that have struck Earth…
Radishes Can Likely Grow in Lunar Regolith
For many of us, gardening has been a therapeutic distraction during this time of pandemic quarantine. But some researchers from…
What Cracked the Earth’s Outer Shell and Started its Plate Tectonics?
Earth's lithosphere is made up of seven large tectonic plates and a number of smaller ones. The theory of plate…
Astronomers Do the Math to Figure Out Exactly When Johannes Vermeer Painted this, More than 350 Years Ago
Most of us will be forgotten only a generation or two after we pass. But some few of us will…
Astronomers Have Mapped Out an Enormous Structure in the Universe Called the South Pole Wall
Galaxies aren't spread evenly throughout space. They exist in groups, clusters, and superclusters. Our own Milky Way galaxy exists in…