Ridges that criss-cross the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa indicate there are shallow pockets of water beneath, boosting hopes in the search for extra-terrestrial life, scientists said Tuesday.… [+3974 chars]
Extremely fast cosmic explosions puzzling scientists may be outbursts arising from dying stars, new research suggests. Dubbed fast blue optical transients (FBOTs), because of their "blue" heat and v… [+3546 chars]
NASA says that Hubble Space Telescope has found a giant comet with the largest nucleus ever seen by astronomers. NASA says that the giant comet named Bernardinelli-Bernstein (C/2014 UN271) is around … [+1986 chars]
It's always a sobering act, looking at the creation around us and seeing it do its thing. You realise how much larger the world is. The planets, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will be making a r… [+1246 chars]
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 5477, an archetypal dwarf galaxy in the Messier 101 group. Without obvious structure, but with visible signs of ongoing starbirth, NGC 5477 looks much like an arch… [+3084 chars]
A controversial Harvard scientist says he wants to launch an investigation into a meteor that he believes is actually alien technology lying at the bottom of Pacific Ocean. Last week, the US Space C… [+4100 chars]
NASA's Perseverance Rover first landed on the surface of Mars just over a year ago, on February 18th, 2021. Perseverance landed in the Jezero Crater on Mars and, in its first science campaign, has c… [+2067 chars]
Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe is getting yet another extra day on the International Space Station as his return to Earth sees another delay to Monday. Stibbe had originally been set to come back on… [+2755 chars]
In the ultrahigh vacuum of a scanning tunneling microscope, a hydrogen molecule is held between the silver tip and sample. Femtosecond bursts of a terahertz laser excite the molecule, turning it into… [+4368 chars]
Two of the biggest earthquakes have been detected by a seismometer placed by NASA's InSight lander on Mars. These earthquakes reported a magnitude of 4.2 and magnitude 4.1. According to data availab… [+2027 chars]
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 5477, an archetypal dwarf galaxy in the Messier 101 group. Without obvious structure, but with visible signs of ongoing starbirth, NGC 5477 looks much like an arch… [+3084 chars]
Let's take the #SpaceSnap throwback to six years ago with NASA's Hubble! The Hubble Space Telescope is already 32 years old this year. When NASA celebrated its 26th birthday six years ago, astronome… [+3186 chars]
