Lunar Traffic Increases: Time To Safeguard Historic Sites Before It's Too Late
The Soviet Luna 2 spacecraft marked humanity's initial contact with the Moon in 1959. Since that milestone, our species has accumulated physical trace...
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Mystery Surrounds Persistent Solar Zones That Generate Most Powerful Eruptions
Scientists remain puzzled by certain enduring locations on our star where intense magnetic forces cluster, producing the majority of solar flares that...
Mars Missions Raise Questions About Bone and Muscle Health
With both NASA and China's space program targeting crewed expeditions to the Red Planet in the coming years, extensive preparation and scientific inve...
Dense Atmospheric Clouds Conceal Unusual Low-Density Exoplanet's Characteristics
Astronomers have discovered peculiar exoplanets with no equivalents orbiting our Sun. These ultra-low density worlds possess Neptune-like dimensions d...
Astronomers Discover Two Brown Dwarfs in Intimate Orbital Dance
Stellar pairs frequently exchange material between them. When white dwarfs pull gas from neighboring stars, the process can trigger catastrophic stell...
Binary Star System Hosts Giant Planet Similar to Saturn
Picture yourself in a distant colony beyond our solar system. After completing your tasks and finishing your meal, you step outside to witness an extr...
Hubble's Fortunate Discovery: Telescope Captures Rare Moment of Comet Breaking Apart
Astronomical discoveries vary greatly - while many require extensive coordination across facilities and nations, others happen through fortunate timin...
Scientists Solve Mystery Behind Crab Pulsar's Unusual Radiation
Unlike most celestial phenomena that formed eons before human existence, certain cosmic objects offer unique research opportunities due to their relat...
Federal Investment of $200M Funds Nova Scotia Launch Facility
Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed federal funding of $200 million for Nova Scotia's launch facility, marking the country's inaugural commercial rock...
Compact Satellite Telescope Captures Initial Views of Distant Worlds
The SPARCS miniature observatory, a collaboration between NASA and Arizona State University's planetary science department, began its orbital mission ...
Scientists Discover Planet With Molten Surface Persisting for Billions of Years
Like our own planet in its infancy, all terrestrial bodies began as entirely molten spheres. During Earth's cooling process, only its inner molten cor...
Mysterious Forces Are Transforming Our Neighboring Dwarf Galaxy
Scientists have long puzzled over unusual stellar movement patterns near the SMC's center, along with its distorted form and gravitational streaming f...