A Powerful Neutron Star Helps Scientists Confirm a Nearly Century-Old Physics Theory
Vacuum birefringence suggests that light behaves differently when passing through seemingly empty space — a concept Werner Heisenberg proposed decades...
Space Science Articles
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Revolutionary Starshade Technology Could Reveal Earth-Sized Planets Beyond Our Solar System
Scientists are pursuing a clever approach to photograph rocky worlds orbiting distant stars, combining a space-based light-blocking screen with an exi...
Advanced Lunar Freight Vehicles Could Lay Groundwork for Permanent Moon Settlements
Space agency officials and private sector collaborators are pushing toward establishing a lasting human foothold on the lunar surface, with new develo...
Cataclysmic Variable Stars May Explain Puzzling Repeating Radio Bursts
Astronomers have traced enigmatic periodic radio emissions within our galaxy back to cataclysmic variables, powerful stellar pairs emitting polarized ...
Ancient Martian Rock Sample Points to Primordial Crustal Moisture Billions of Years Ago
Long before becoming a barren desert, the Red Planet may have harbored conditions suitable for life, with spacecraft observations offering our only wi...
Stellar Partnerships Between Dying Stars May Explain Mysterious Radio Pulses
Paired star systems featuring white and red dwarfs could be generating powerful radio bursts lasting several minutes—far longer than typical pulsar si...
Witnessing Next Week's Spectacular Near-Total Lunar Eclipse From The Americas
North and South America get prime viewing of a stunning deep partial lunar eclipse arriving Thursday night. Miss August's solar spectacle? Here's your...
CosmoCube CubeSat Plans to Detect Ancient Cosmic Signals Behind the Lunar Surface
Several national space programs are preparing lunar expeditions that go beyond returning humans to the Moon for the first time in decades, also advanc...
Moon Impact Crater From SpaceX Rocket Captured by Orbiting Spacecraft
A Falcon 9 upper stage struck the lunar surface last August after its path intersected with the Moon, leaving behind a fresh crater now photographed b...
New Horizons Data Reveals Ongoing Mysteries at Pluto's Frozen Frontier
Researchers have identified a possible mechanism behind unusual surface activity near Sputnik Planitia's northern boundary, drawing on fresh analysis ...
A Massive Collision Likely Gave Mars's Outer Moon Deimos Its Unusual Shape
Mars hosts two peculiar satellites, neither resembling typical moons. Scientists once believed both were captured space rocks, but evidence now points...
Advanced Planetary Formation Studies Suggest Earth's Existence Was Inevitable
Three decades of evolving computational research has transformed how scientists model planetary birth, with modern simulations now testing countless v...