This chart shows the position of Asteroid 3 Juno – the 3rd asteroid ever to be…
Category: Earth Sky
Oldest Mars meteorite reveals Mars lost its water early
View larger. | Closeup of the Teghaza 001 Mars meteorite. A new analysis of this ancient…
Should the far side of the moon be reserved for science?
Should the far side of the moon be reserved for science? Astronomers debated the issue at…
Have we found the first exomoon … around a brown dwarf?
Astronomers have discovered an object orbiting a brown dwarf or “failed star”. Is it the first…
Our galaxy flipped after a collision, say astronomers
Watch this simulation of a galaxy flipped from edge-on to face-on after a collision with a…
1st atmosphere detected on Earth-like, habitable-zone world
Atmosphere detected! For the 1st time, astronomers have detected an atmosphere on a rocky exoplanet in…
Meteorite strike of New Jersey home reveals life clues
View larger. | Meteorite strike of New Jersey home! Here’s the space rock itself. It crashed…
10,000 black holes are missing, but we’ve finally found 1
View larger. | This star in the Omega Centauri globular cluster is the first astronomers have…
Infectious microbes on Mars could become even more deadly
View larger. | An astronaut examines rocks on Mars in this artist’s concept. A new thesis…
Hidden planet found around nearby star Beta Pictoris
Astronomers have found a hidden planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. This star, 63 light-years away…