Meteor showers shed light on where comets formed in the early solar system

An international team of 45 researchers studying meteor showers has found that not all comets crumble…

Physicians work to help prevent vision loss associated with space travel

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Physicians at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University are working…

Novel strategy proposed for massive water production on the moon

The strategy for in situ water production on the moon through the reaction between lunar regolith and…

Ancient duo of stars visiting from far reaches of the Milky Way discovered

Credit: CC0 Public Domain An unusual pair of 10-billion-year-old stars, formed when the Milky Way was…

First analysis of soil near the moon’s south pole suggests its surface was once covered in molten magma

Chandrayaan-3 landing site and APXS observation locations. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07870-7 India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission was…

Astronomers explore the nature of galaxy NGC 891 with JWST

A close-up infrared Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 891. Credit: HST/NASA/ESA. Using the James…

The Wow! Signal deciphered—it was hydrogen all along, study says

The Wow! signal from 1977 as discovered by astronomer Jerry R. Ehman. Credit: Big Ear Radio…

New data on radiation show missions to Jupiter’s moon Europa are possible

This artist concept depicts the Juno spacecraft which arrived at Jupiter in 2016 after a five-year…

MeerKAT observations detect a mysterious faint radio ring

MeerKAT continuum images of Kýklos (J1802–3353) in UHF (left) and L-band (right), at reference frequencies of…

Astronomers explore the properties of quasar 1604+159

Quasar 1604+159: distribution of fractional polarization (color) at 1.7 GHz. Credit: Hu et al., 2024. Chinese…