A group of astronomers, led by Sierk van Terwisga from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, have analyzed the mass distribution of over 870 planet-forming disks in the Orion A cloud. By exploiting… [+7511 chars]
A group of astronomers, led by Sierk van Terwisga from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, have analyzed the mass distribution of over 870 planet-forming disks in the Orion A cloud. By exploiting… [+7511 chars]
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Germany have discovered that at the bottom of the oceans there are vast reserves of sugar (yes, sugar in salty sea water). What’s mos… [+3055 chars]
Scientists have found strange aurorae in the Martian sky. Yep, the Red Planet and Earth's immediate neighbour in the solar system also experiences aurorae like our planet... although the ones on Mars… [+2212 chars]
Hello and welcome to This Week in Space, our weekly roundup of all the space news that’s fit to print — or at least, distract you from doomscrolling. First off, May the Fourth be with you: this week… [+6598 chars]
Yet another cloud of space debris has appeared in orbit around Earth. This particular cloud was birthed by the explosion of an old Russian rocket motor. Currently, the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space S… [+2874 chars]
A data visualization of particle collisions at the LHC at CERN. (Image credit: CERN) Scientists are investigating the elusive neutrino with a new experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Scie… [+3457 chars]
International Astronomy Day is observed two times a year. While one is celebrated in Spring and the other one is in Autumn. International Astronomy Day is observed two times a year. While one is ce… [+1941 chars]
The European Space Agency needs volunteers to take part in an open online spot the difference game. The goal? Compare images of a comet captured by the Rosetta space probe in order to find changes in… [+2490 chars]
AUSTIN, Texas The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earths atmosphere has only a small influence on changes in tropical ecosystems despite evidence of enhanced plant growth under elevated CO2 sc… [+3898 chars]
Did Moon gets its water from our home planet Earth? A new study suggests so. Among other most likely sources of water for Moon include asteroid and comet collisions with Earth's only natural satellit… [+2150 chars]
The Hubble Asteroid Hunter project combined artificial intelligence with human eyes to discover new ... [+] asteroid trails in 37,000 old images from the Hubble Space Telescope. getty So-called cit… [+4480 chars]