NASA’s new mission will finally take us closer to Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Today (June 7), spacecraft Juno will reach within 1,038 kilometres (645 miles) of Ganymede’s surface. Juno will be the first mission to provide a close encounter with Jupiter’s ...
Magnetars have been in the spotlight for quite some time, and astronomers’ work has been really puzzled by this very rare type of neutron star. So far, we have 24 confirmed magnetars, and the list could soon grow. The recent ...
Two new exciting space missions have just been announced by NASA, and we’ll finally return to Venus! As per NASA’s statement, both missions will try to understand how our planetary neighbour became what’s today: a hell-like world. How the space ...
NASA celebrates Perseverance’s 100th day (100 sols) on our planetary neighbour. The vehicle-sized rover and its little bold companion, Ingenuity, arrived inside Mars’ Jezero Crater on February 18. Since then, the robotic duo reached several milestones, including the first controlled ...
Dark matter is one of the most intriguing subjects in the Universe, even if it has puzzled scientists’ work for decades. However, as complicated as dark matter seems to be, that doesn’t mean we can’t use it to explore the ...
Space debris is a severe threat to space agencies worldwide. So far, over 20,000 pieces the size of a softball or larger are being hunted in low-Earth orbit to protect satellites and the International Space Station. But, sometimes bad luck ...
The Curiosity rover offers a new fascinating glimpse of Mars, unveiling the planet’s thin atmosphere, and surprisingly, clouds! According to scientists, cloudy days are pretty rare on the Red Planet. They are, however, more frequent at the planet’s equator, but ...
NASA made history on April 19 with the first controlled flight on another planet. The little helicopter has bravely pierced the Martian atmosphere in what seemed to be one of the most challenging missions on Mars. And it didn’t stop ...
A new study shows enough proof to support the existence of helium rain inside planets. After four decades, scientists finally discuss that helium rain is possible over a range of temperature and pressure conditions that reflect those supposed to happen ...
Our galaxy is a spiral galaxy that comprises a disc of stars, dust, and gas, and its spiral arms are delimited. Initially, scientists believed that the disc was just flat. Later on, they figured out something else. Apparently, the Milky ...
A new method of analyzing planetary atmospheres reveals data about the initial composition of the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets. Researchers from the UC Santa Cruz released a paper recently discussing the technique, process, and findings. The ancient atmospheres of rocky ...
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are some super-intense radio wave pulses from the deep Universe that puzzled astronomers’ work for quite some time. The phenomenon is mysterious yet fascinating, and so far, we couldn’t tell much anything about them. The recent ...
ALMA (the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) offers new data about the most ancient galaxy of its kind ever observed. By the looks of it, things look a bit complicated. Researchers, however, think otherwise. This discovery is essential to solving long-standing ...
The Sun is perpetually bubbling and bursting thanks to its activity. If the surface eruptions are big enough, they can send billions of tons of plasma and charged particles towards our planet, according to Sciencealert. To analyze those sorts of ...
China reached a huge milestone recently thanks to its ambitious Mars mission and rover Zhurong. The country is the first to make an orbiting, landing, and roving operation during its first mission to the Red Planet. Now, Zhurong offers us ...
Ever wondered how baby stars are born? What shapes them and gives them the power to survive? With the help of a bold team of astronomers, we can finally watch the birth of a star and what it takes to ...
The Milky Way collision with Gaia-Enceladus, also known as Gaia Sausage, holds the key to an ancient secret: when the oldest stars in our galaxy formed. Astronomers discovered recently that many of the stars in the Milky Way were already ...
Earth is covered in complex layers of gases that compose the atmosphere. They work as a global shield for all life on Earth. However, we are actively shrinking an entire one of those layers, known as the stratosphere, due to ...
The hunt for habitable planets continues as scientists wonder now how hospitable are actually the red dwarfs. These cosmic features are one of the long-lasting and most common stars in the Milky Way, and they could hide more secrets than ...
China is getting ready for a big space event soon, as rover Zhurong will finally land on Mars! The ambitious mission is part of a space programme that aims to raise the country’s global stature and technological might. The touchdown ...
Saturn has puzzled scientists’ work for decades due to its mysterious structure that’s so challenging to probe. Recent data, however, shed light on a subject that intrigues us all: what’s like inside Saturn? Thanks to the gas giant’s unique ring ...
NASA’s Perseverance is now examining the floor of an ancient Martian crater where once there was a lake. The new operational tasks unfold as Ingenuity, the mighty little helicopter ends its bold mission. The rover has been quite busy in ...
We just love some good, intriguing Universe simulations, right? Well, how about simulating the grand Universe 1000 times faster? A team of bold scientists from the Flatiron Institute have come up with a method to simulate the Universe 1000 times ...
New insights on how high-mass stars are formed came from a bold Dutch-led team of astronomers. Their work is astonishing, and they succeeded in finding that one of the biggest stars in the Universe are actually created differently from the ...
Searching for alien civilizations? Are you sure this isn’t the perfect scenario for an SF movie? Well, not at all. For the people enrolled in the Breakthrough Listen initiative is a non-stop job. This project has now made several attempts ...