Having Trouble Traversing the Sands of Mars? A Lizard Robot Might Help

Mars exploration vehicles typically have wheels, allowing them to traverse some challenging terrain on the Red…

Giant Collision Decouples Dark Matter from Regular Matter

Dark matter is a mysterious and captivating subject. It’s a strange concept and we don’t really…

Kepler Sketched the Sun in 1607. Astronomers Pinpointed the Solar Cycle

Johannes Kepler is probably most well known for developing the laws of planetary motion. He was…

Mercury Could be Housing a Megafortune Worth of Diamonds!

Mercury, the closest planet to our Sun, is also one of the least understood in the…

Webb Directly Images a Jupiter-Like Planet

The JWST has directly imaged its first exoplanet, a temperate super Jupiter only about 12 light-years…

Floating LEAVES Could Characterize Venus’s Atmosphere

Venus’s atmosphere has drawn a lot of attention lately. In particular, the consistent discovery of phosphine…

Update your Desktop Wallpaper with 25 New Images from Chandra

It’s not always possible to observe the night sky from the surface of the Earth. The…

SpaceX Moves Ahead With Launches After FAA Go-Ahead

The Federal Aviation Administration has ruled that SpaceX can resume Falcon 9 rocket launches while the…

Is This How You Get Hot Jupiters?

When we think of Jupiter-type planets, we usually picture massive cloud-covered worlds orbiting far from their…

A Solution to the “Final Parsec Problem?”

Supermassive Black Holes are Nature’s confounding behemoths. It’s difficult for Earth-bound minds to comprehend their magnitude…