Recent research suggests that the boundaries of the Milky Way may be much broader than previously thought, to the point of already being in contact with its nearest galactic neighbor, Andromeda. This discovery,…
Maureen Cohen, The Open University Do aliens sleep? You may take sleep for granted, but research suggests many planets that could evolve life don’t have a day and night cycle. It’s hard to…
New research suggests that Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter and the solar system, suffered a devastating impact billions of years ago, which may have altered its internal structure and axis of rotation….
The presence of water on the lunar surface is essential for human survival and has therefore attracted great interest from the scientific community. A significant advance in this field has come from the…
Joshua Snape, University of Manchester Data from India’s recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the Moon. Scientists from the mission have published their new findings…
Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Wesleyan University The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of the commercial space industry. Rival nations are competing for prime military and economic positions beyond the Earth. Public and private…
Ruth Ogden, Liverpool John Moores University and Daniel Eduardo Vigo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Argentina Two astronauts marooned in space may sound like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster, but for two Nasa…
Around 66 million years ago, a catastrophic event changed the course of life on Earth forever. This event, known as the Chicxulub asteroid impact, not only caused the extinction of around 70% of…
Jennifer Chu | MIT News In a new study appearing in the journal AGU Advances, scientists at MIT and NASA report that seven rock samples collected along the “fan front” of Mars’ Jezero Crater contain minerals that…
Sachiko Amari, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis In space, there are clouds that contain gas and dust ejected from stars. Our solar system was formed 4.6 billion years ago…