Space NASA’s Juno Discovers Massive New Volcano on Jupiter's Moon Io This discovery was made by comparing recent images taken by Juno in February 2024 with older images from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, captured over 25 years ago in 1997.
Space ESA's Juice Confirms Earth Is Habitable as It Prepares for Jupiter Mission While the results were unsurprising, they ensure that Juice will be ready to search for potential life-supporting environments when it reaches Jupiter's moons, including Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa.
Space NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discovers Mysterious Striped Rock on Mars Preliminary analysis suggests that the stripes may have been created through volcanic or metamorphic processes, though its exact origin remains unclear. One theory is that Freya Castle may have rolled down from higher up the crater wall.
Space Curiosity Rover Captures Historic Image of Earth and Mars’ Moon Phobos The image, released by NASA on September 13, features a rocky Martian landscape with Earth and Phobos visible in the upper right. An inset zooms in on the two celestial bodies for closer inspection.
Space Hubble Captures Rosy View of Andromeda, Milky Way's Neighbor Known as the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way, Andromeda sits about 2.5 million light-years away and spans roughly 152,000 light-years across, making it comparable in size to our galaxy.
Space NASA Releases First Image of Deployed Solar Sail in Space The solar sail, about half the size of a tennis court, relies on sunlight to create pressure, allowing it to navigate space without fuel. This technology is expected to be a game-changer for future missions, reducing fuel costs.
Space NASA Transforms Cosmic Images into Sound, Revealing the Universe’s Hidden Symphony Using data from Chandra, the James Webb, Hubble, and Spitzer space telescopes, scientists created a soundscape that starts from the neutron star at the center and moves outward.
Space Hubble Captures Distant "Cosmic Fossil" Offering Insight into Early Universe This dwarf spheroidal galaxy, much smaller and dimmer than typical galaxies, contains very little dust and has a stellar population that is skewed toward older stars.
Space Scientists Recreate Mars’ Mysterious ‘Spiders’ in NASA Lab The experiment confirmed the leading theory, known as the Kieffer model, which suggests that the spiders form when sunlight heats carbon dioxide ice, causing it to sublimate directly into gas.
Space Historic First: Non-Professional Astronauts Complete Spacewalk on SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Mission The mission, funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, aimed to test new technologies for future space exploration. Alongside Isaacman, the crew included retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Poteet and two SpaceX employees.
Space Scientists Discover 'Smiley Face' Crater on Mars, Offering Clues to Ancient Life Chloride salts, left behind as Mars’ lakes evaporated, are crucial for understanding the Martian climate and could be key to detecting preserved signs of ancient microbial life.
Space Scientists Confirm Earth Was Once a Giant Snowball, Triggering Evolutionary Boom By examining the decay of uranium into lead within the zircons, they accurately dated the rocks to the Sturtian glaciation period, when Earth's climate underwent drastic changes.
Space Cassini Discovers Ripples and Unique Methane-Ethane Composition in Titan’s Seas While the ripples in these seas were small—reaching heights of 3.3 mm in open waters and 3.6-5.2 mm near coastal areas—the findings provide valuable clues about Titan's dynamic weather systems and liquid interactions.
Space Scientists Discover Donut-Shaped Structure Inside Earth's Core Researchers believe that this discovery will help them better understand how the magnetic field changes over time and its implications for planetary habitability, even on other celestial bodies.
Space NASA's Perseverance Rover Begins Ambitious Climb to Crater Rim on Mars The rover will climb 305 meters (1,000 feet) to reach the crater's rim, an area believed to have once harbored hydrothermal vents—locations that on Earth are linked to the origins of life.
Space NASA Successfully Deploys Its Advanced Composite Solar Sail System In the coming weeks, NASA will test the spacecraft's ability to maneuver using only the pressure of sunlight on the sail. These tests will help determine the effectiveness of the solar sail for future missions.
Space Scientists Unveil the Mysterious Source of the Moon's Atmosphere The findings indicate that impact vaporization from micrometeorites is the dominant process sustaining the Moon's atmosphere, accounting for about 70% of its formation.
Space India’s Lunar Rover Uncovers Evidence of Moon’s Molten Past This new data gives further credence to the idea that the Moon was once a hot, molten body following its formation, likely caused by a colossal impact between Earth and a Mars-sized protoplanet.
Space Astrophotographers Capture Rare Alignment of Jupiter and Mars in the Night Sky The two planets, which last appeared this close together over two years ago, dazzled skywatchers in the early morning hours, with a spectacle that won’t be seen again until 2033.
Space Astronomers Discover a Brown Dwarf Escaping the Milky Way The object, named CWISE J1249, is racing through space at an astonishing speed of more than 1 million kilometers per hour, marking the first time such a phenomenon has been observed.
Space NASA Scientists Discover Massive Underground Water Reservoirs on Mars The findings suggest that while the surface of Mars remains a barren desert, much of the water that once flowed in rivers and lakes millions of years ago has seeped into the planet's crust, where it has been preserved.
Space Scientists Unveil New Clue in Solving Jupiter's Great Red Spot Mystery The Great Red Spot is slowly diminishing in size, from 39,000 kilometers across in the 19th century to just 14,000 kilometers today. By comparison, Earth measures 12,742 kilometers in diameter.
Space Scientists Discover Earth-Sized Planet in Habitable Zone, Raising Hopes for Extraterrestrial Life The amount of starlight it receives falls between the levels Earth and Venus experience, making it a prime candidate for further study on the factors that determine planetary habitability.
Space Ancient Martian Lake Larger Than Any on Earth Photographed by Mars Express The lake, which existed around 3.7 billion years ago, covered an area of approximately 1.1 million square kilometers, or about the size of Egypt, and held enough water to fill the Caspian Sea three times over.
Space Ancient Stars Near the Sun May Rewrite the History of the Milky Way The study, which used data from the Gaia spacecraft, revealed that these ancient stars are located within the thin disk of the Milky Way—a region that was thought to have formed around 8 to 10 billion years ago.
