Study suggests Io’s volcanoes have been active for 4.5 billion years

Locations used for local model fitting. Images of (A–B) the leading and (C–D) trailing hemisphere in…

Ground-penetrating radar will seek bodies of water on Jupiter

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Finding water on distant planets and moons in our solar system is…

NASA’s Juno gives aerial views of mountain and lava lake on Io

The JunoCam instrument on NASA’s Juno captured this view of Jupiter’s moon Io — with the…

Researchers quantify the ideal in situ construction method for lunar habitats

Based on the technical mechanisms of bonding and cohesion between particles, regolith solidification and formation technologies…

The Lyrid meteor shower peaks this weekend, but it may be hard to see it

The Lyrid meteor shower is seen over Burg on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn off…

Researchers investigate three star-forming regions, identify hundreds young stellar objects

A color-composite image of the IRAS 05168+3634 star-forming region, combining data of WISE 12 µm (in…

SpaceX tallies 1st of two launches over two days from Space Coast

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX launched Wednesday evening the first of a pair of Space Coast…

NASA chief warns of Chinese military presence in space

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain China is bolstering its space capabilities and is using its civilian program…

Astronomers discover the most metal-poor extreme helium star

The HRS spectrum of EC 19529−4430. Credit: Jeffery et al., 2024. Using the Southern African Large…

James Webb Space Telescope data pinpoint possible aurorae on a cold brown dwarf

This artist concept portrays the brown dwarf W1935, which is located 47 light-years from Earth. Astronomers…