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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
