Volcanic Explosions are Most Likely the Source of this Strange Martian Mineral Deposit According to a new analysis, ashfall from ancient volcanic eruptions is the most likely source of a unique mineral deposit near the landing site for…
The Most Common Martian Aurora has been Discovered, and it Sheds Light on the Planet’s Changing Climate According to fresh results from NASA’s MAVEN probe, a type of Martian aurora initially observed by the spacecraft in 2016 is actually the most common…
With a New Study that Offers an Alternative Explanation, a Planetary Scientist Puts the Mars Lake Theory on Ice After dazzling radar reflections were observed and initially attributed to water, scientists have been debating what might lie beneath the Martian planet’s south polar cap…
Spacex Will Not Be Making Any More New Crew Dragon Capsules According to Reuters, SpaceX will stop producing new Crew Dragons, the spaceship that transports men to and from the International Space Station, and instead focus…
CoRoT-7b – an Exoplanet CoRoT-7 b is an exoplanet that circles a K-type star. It has a mass of 4.07661 Earths, takes 0.9 days to complete one orbit around…
Meet the Micronova, a Small but Powerful New Type of Stellar Explosion There are more ways for stars to burst than scientists previously thought, the most recent of which is known as a micronova. These little yet…
Watch Rocket Lab Send A Pair of Blacksky Satellites to Space On Friday, Rocket Lab will launch its 25th mission using the Electron rocket, this time to launch two Earth-imaging satellites for BlackSky. The launch, Rocket…
Kepler-22b – an Exoplanet Kepler-22b is an exoplanet that orbits the Sun-like star Kepler-22 within its habitable zone. It is a super-Earth that might be covered by a super-ocean.…
We Need To Probe Uranus, Scientists Urge Uranus is the next stop. Within the next ten years, an important group of experts is suggesting that a space research mission to extensively investigate…
US Will No Longer Launch Anti-Satellite Missile Tests, Urges Other Nations to Ban Them In a recent vow for space safety, US Vice President Kamala Harris declared the US will no longer undertake anti-satellite missile tests, calling them “hazardous”…
The Professor Who Wanted To Blow Up the Moon to Solve All of Life’s Problems What would happen if we detonated a nuclear weapon on the Moon? It creates the tide and changes our tilt by dragging along oceans, but…
Watch a Mysterious “Flying Whirlpool” Whizz Through the Skies over Hawai’i A weird “flying whirlpool” zooming across the night sky was photographed by the Subaru Telescope in Hawai’i over the weekend. Anyone gazing up would have…