When NASA’s twin Voyager probes left Earth in 1977, they carried computers weaker than a hand calculator and a modest goal of touring the outer planets. No one seriously expected them to redraw the ...
"This is a crucial step towards characterizing giant planets beyond our solar system." ...
Webb Telescope finds crystalline water ice around star HD 181327. This discovery could reveal how icy bodies contribute to ...
A coronal mass ejection releases from the left side of the sun in May 2024. - SOHO (ESA & NASA)/NASA/SDO/AIA/JHelioviewer/D. Müller For the first time, astronomers ...
ATLANTA — For the first time, astronomers say they have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our solar system. The eruption was similar in some ways to those unleashed by our sun, such ...
2025 was a busy with advancements and a few setbacks in space science and the space industry. New missions continued to expand our understanding of the Sun, astronomers tracked a rare visitor from ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Have you ever wondered if there is life on another planet? Exoplanets may hold the key to this question. They’re planets that orbit stars beyond ...
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that formed beyond the orbits of its ...
The European Space Agency's billion-dollar Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer has shifted its focus to an extraordinary cosmic ...