Solar System
Rocket Lab is Sending its own Mission to Venus to Search for Life
In a recent study published in Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, the private space company, Rocket Lab, outlines a plan…
Impacts From Interstellar Objects Should Leave Very Distinct Craters
In a recent study submitted to Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, a team of researchers from Yale University investigated how to…
Jupiter Missions Could Also Help Search for Dark Matter
In a recent study published in the Journal of High Energy Physics, two researchers from Brown University demonstrated how data…
OSIRIS-REx Would Have Sunk Deep into Asteroid Bennu if it Tried to Land
A pair of studies published in Science and Science Advances have helped identify that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource…
JWST Also Looked Inside the Solar System, at Jupiter and its Moons
After the ‘big reveal’ earlier this week of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full color images and spectra of…
This is What the Metal Asteroid Psyche Might Look Like
If you wanted to do a forensic study of the Solar System, you might head for the main asteroid belt…
High Altitude Life Can’t Explain the Trace Gases in Venus’ Atmosphere
The planet Venus is one of the most inexplainable and mysterious planetary objects in our solar system as its surface…
ESA Gives Green Light on its Comet Interceptor Mission
Comets, with their long, beautiful, bright tails of ice, are some of the most spectacular sightings in the night sky.…
Traveling the Solar System with Pulsar Navigation
A team of researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have found a way for travelers through the Solar System…
The Sun is Slowly Tearing This Comet Apart
Using ground-based and space-based observations, a team of researchers has been monitoring a difficult-to-see comet carefully. It's called Comet 323P/SOHO,…