A Recent Solar Storm Even Had an Impact on Mars

Planet Earth is in for some amazing geomagnetic storms in the next year or so. That’s…

Webb Sees Asteroids Collide in Another Star System

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to make amazing discoveries. This time in the constellation…

If Gravity Can Exist Without Mass, That Could Explain Dark Matter

Dark Matter is Nature’s poltergeist. We can see its effects, but we can’t see it, and…

Mysterious twin of STEVE aurora discovered in Norway

A new auroral phenomenon, potentially a twin of the STEVE — a mysterious ribbon of purple…

A New Way to Search for the First Stars in the Universe

Observing the earliest stars is one of the holy Grails of astronomy. Now, a team at…

Landing on Pluto May Only Be A Hop Skip and Jump Away

There are plenty of crazy ideas for missions in the space exploration community. Some are just…

The Milky Way’s Last Merger Event Was More Recent Than Thought

The Milky Way is only as massive as it is because of collisions and mergers with…

Instead of Losing its Atmosphere, an Exoplanet Puffed Up and Held Onto it

To date, astronomers have confirmed the existence of 5638 extrasolar planets in 4,199 star systems. In…

Carbon is Surprisingly Abundant in an Early Galaxy

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again found evidence that the early universe was…

Euclid is Finding Free Floating Planets in Orion Too

There are likely millions of “rogue” or free-floating planets (FFPs) spread through the galaxy. These planets,…