A new computer simulation suggests that dwarf planet Ceres may have been flung by the gravity of gas giant Jupiter toward the sun during the volatile era of planet formation 4.5 billion years ago. … [+4041 chars]
A spectacular new cosmic show might erupt in the night sky over the Bay Area on Memorial Day but then again, it might not.Stargazers are in suspense over the Tau Herculids, a never-before-seen meteor… [+4371 chars]
Dr. Cartier, however, has another idea. What if aubrites originally came from Mercury? Following from the hypothesis that a sizable object collided with a younger Mercury, Dr. Cartier said a large a… [+1121 chars]
An international team of scientists is using porous, sponge-like materials that can trap carbon dioxide in their cavities while allowing other gases such as nitrogen to pass through. The materials a… [+3037 chars]
The ALICE experiment of the Large Hadron Collider has, for the first time, directly measured a phenomenon known as the "deadcone," which has allowed physicists to directly measure the mass of a funda… [+3905 chars]
ByEuropean Space Agency (ESA)May 23, 2022 The intriguing feature in the bottom third of the image, below the center, has been nicknamed the solar hedgehog. At present no one knows exactly what it is… [+15656 chars]
NASA recently celebrated 32 years of Hubble observations. The space telescope was launched back in 1990. Since its launch, it has managed to complete over 1.4 million observations. Now, a physicist n… [+3003 chars]
Stranger things have happened, for sure. But this could be a first for many. According to scientists, an active underwater volcano in the Pacific has started to erupt, spewing smoke and ash — plus, … [+2709 chars]
A new computer simulation suggests that dwarf planet Ceres may have been flung by the gravity of gas giant Jupiter toward the sun during the volatile era of planet formation 4.5 billion years ago. … [+4041 chars]
Curiosity one-upped the Spirit rover by capturing a view of both Earth and the Moon, which it did on January 31, 2014. The image, captured by the NASA rovers Mastcam, was taken around 80 minutes afte… [+426 chars]
ByEuropean Space Agency (ESA)May 23, 2022 The intriguing feature in the bottom third of the image, below the center, has been nicknamed the solar hedgehog. At present no one knows exactly what it is… [+15656 chars]
Stars from colliding galaxies flow together in a newly upgraded image from NASA's venerable space telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope has been hard at work for more than three decades, and scienti… [+2596 chars]
