Orbiting 11 billion miles from the sun, this tiny world offers additional clues in the search…
Category: Solar System
Trilobites: Saturn With No Rings? It Could Happen, and Sooner Than Astronomers Expected
The “ring rain” that falls into the gas giant is so abundant that the icy bands…
NASA Research Reveals Saturn is Losing Its Rings at “Worst-Case-Scenario” Rate
New NASA research confirms that Saturn is losing its iconic rings at the maximum rate estimated…
Voyager 2 Has Entered the Space Between Solar Systems
It is the second spacecraft to make the crossing into interstellar space, providing a new look…
NASA’s Marshall Center to Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night Oct. 20
NASA's Marshall Center will host the 8th annual International Observe the Moon Night celebration at the…
A Goblin World That Points Toward Hidden Planet Nine in the Solar System
What astronomers have found about the curious orbit of a small ice world far away reinforces…
Trilobites: NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Takes First Picture of Distant Rock It Will Visit
The mission’s scientists were pleasantly surprised that the camera aboard the robotic probe could see the…
NASA Hosts Live Science Chat: One Year After Eclipse 2017
On the one-year anniversary of the historic 2017 Eclipse Across America, NASA will host a Science…
Trilobites: The Young Sun’s Outbursts Were Trapped in Blue Crystals From Outer Space
Gases trapped inside a meteorite that fell to Earth offer the first physical clues of the…
Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology
Transforming the inhospitable Martian environment into a place astronauts could explore without life support is not…