Solar System
The Path that MASCOT Took Across Asteroid Ryugu During its 17 Hours of Life
The tiny robot lander MASCOT did a fine job on the surface of asteroid Ryugu, and its zigzag path allowed…
Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We’re Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter
A new study shows that the surface of Ganymede was once a very tectonically active place, with evidence of slip-faulting…
The Milky Way Could Be Spreading Life From Star to Star
A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics addresses the possibility of panspermia on a galactic (and intergalactic) scale
Ceres Rolled Over at Some Point in the Past
According to a new study from the Planetary Science Institute, Ceres poles reoriented sometime in the past, which bolsters the…
A German-French Hopping Robot Just Landed on the Surface of Asteroid Ryugu
The tiny hopping robot explorer called method has completed its 16 hour mission to asteroid Ryugu.
New Dwarf Planet Found in the Outskirts of the Solar System, Giving Astronomers More Ammunition to Search for Evidence of Planet 9
Astronomers have found a new dwarf planet way out beyond Pluto that never gets closer than 65 AUs to the…
Astronomers are Tracking the Interstellar Asteroid ‘Oumuamua to its Home System
An international team of astronomers have used data from the Gaia satellite to backtrack 'Oumuamua to one of four star…
Astronauts Could Use the ScanMars Device to Search for Water on Mars
There's solid evidence for the existence of water on Mars, at least in frozen form at the planet's poles. And…
Oumuamua Accelerated Out of the Solar System Like a Comet
Using data from ground-based observatories and the Hubble space telescope, an international team of scientists found evidence that 'Oumuamua is…
Ceres Has Even More Organic Molecules on it Than Previously Thought
According to a new study from Brown University, it appears Ceres has more organic molecules on its surface than previously…