What can mapped drainage systems on Mars teach scientists about the red planet’s watery past? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
What can mapped drainage systems on Mars teach scientists about the red planet’s watery past? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
What is “gum”? Most people have probably never considered this question, and might answer something like a chewy material you can put in your mouth. But, to a scientist they
Hot exozodiacal dust can thwart our efforts to detect exoplanets. It causes what’s called coronagraphic leakage, which confuses the light signals from distant stars. The Habitable Worlds Observatory will face
A video that appeared on CGTN’s Hot Take details four missions that China will be sending to space in the coming years, including a survey telescope that will search for
A powerful geomagnetic superstorm is a once a generation event, happening once every 20-25 years. Such an event transpired on the night of May 10/11, 2024, when an intense solar
Observations with the SPHERE instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s VLT revealed the presence of debris rings similar to structures in our Solar System. SPHERE found rings similar to the
Astronomers have captured images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption and in unprecedented detail. The breakthrough provides direct evidence that these explosions are more complex than
Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the stars rotate, gas and dust accumulates in a
A new study by researchers at the University of Amsterdam shows how gravitational waves from black holes can be used to reveal the presence of dark matter and help determine
A research team from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has directly measured the masses of two highly unstable atomic nuclei, phosphorus-26 and






