NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures a "Face" on Mars, Sparking Curiosity The photo showcases a rock formation that remarkably resembles a human face with a somber expression. This unusual discovery earned the title of "Image of the Week" for September 22-28, 2024, following a public vote.
Could Alien Life Exist Without a Planet? Scientists Explore New Possibilities Challenging the traditional view that life must thrive on planets, researchers now theorize that simple life forms could exist in free-floating colonies in space, drawing from Earth-based examples like the resilient tardigrade.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discovers Mysterious Green Spots on Martian Rocks While the Perseverance team couldn’t place its instruments close enough to examine the spot’s exact composition, they’re hopeful future samples might unlock further clues about Mars’ watery past and potential for life.
Astronomers Capture Breathtaking Image of Star-Studded Rosette Nebula While it appears faint through telescopes, the long-exposure image taken by DECam reveals its true splendor, showing the dense molecular clouds and “elephant trunks”—dark, dust-filled pillars believed to contain nascent stars.
Water and Hydroxyl Found Across the Moon's Surface The study, based on data from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) aboard India’s Chandrayaan-1 mission, reveals water-bearing minerals present across all lunar latitudes, even in areas exposed to sunlight.
Hubble Captures Explosive Star Duo in Mesmerizing Detail The material from these stellar eruptions now extends roughly 248 billion miles from the central core, showcasing one of the most spectacular examples of symbiotic star interaction in our galaxy.
Curiosity Rover Uncovers Clues to Mars’ Shift from Wet to Barren Researchers analyzing samples from Gale Crater found carbon-rich minerals called carbonates, which likely formed billions of years ago under conditions that alternated between being suitable and hostile for life.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Stunning Solar Eclipse on Mars This rare event was recorded using Perseverance's Left Mastcam-Z camera, providing a striking view of Phobos' irregular, asteroid-like shape against the sun’s bright backdrop.
Astronomers Solve 30-Year Mystery of Brown Dwarf Gliese 229 B Once believed to be a single failed star, new research reveals that it is actually a pair of closely orbiting brown dwarfs, now named Gliese 229 Ba and Gliese 229 Bb.
Martian Dusty Ice May Harbor Conditions for Life, Scientists Suggest The findings suggest that despite the planet's hostile conditions, thin "habitable zones" might exist under the ice, where ancient life could have survived in more water-abundant eras.
Axiom Space and Prada Reveal Futuristic Moon Suit for NASA’s Artemis III Mission This historic mission will be the first crewed moon landing since 1972, and the AxEMU spacesuit will outfit the first woman and the first person of color to walk on the lunar surface.
NASA Launches Europa Clipper to Investigate Life on Jupiter’s Moon The spacecraft is set to arrive in the Jupiter system in 2030. Once there, Europa Clipper will conduct 49 flybys of the moon, using a suite of advanced instruments to study its icy surface and subsurface ocean.
NASA Finds More Ice on the Moon Than Previously Thought The breakthrough comes from the LEND (Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector) instrument, which detected signs of hydrogen in the lunar surface, suggesting the presence of ice.
Dwarf Planet Ceres May Hold a Frozen Ocean Beneath Its Surface Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, has long intrigued researchers due to its unique features, including craters and bright spots that hint at the presence of water.
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.
