Category: 2. Space

How fast can solar systems orbit our Milky Way Galaxy? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as an international team of researchers confirmed the existence of a…

A neutrino from space recently plunged into the Mediterranean Sea with an energy that blows all other known neutrinos out of the water.

Packing a punch of some 220 million billion electron volts, this particle was around 20 times as…

How does a star’s activity influence exoplanet data obtained by scientists? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series hopes to address as a team of researchers at…

Could finding life in alien oceans be harder than previously thought? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers from the United…

A new analysis of magmatic iron meteorites challenges traditional theories about why Earth and Mars are depleted in moderately volatile elements.

Moderately volatile elements…

How many rings can galaxies have? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as an international team of researchers discovered a unique galaxy with nine rings,…

What can Earth’s technosignatures—the potential signs of intelligence beyond Earth—teach us about finding technosignatures throughout the cosmos? Are we looking for the right technosignatures or do we…

In a new study, planetary researchers used global and high-resolution orbital imaging to discover a fresh, 21.5-m (71-foot) impact crater that appeared at the same time as one of the marsquakes detected by NASA’s InSight lander; this means…

What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently awarded NASA grant hopes to address as a PhD student at Texas A&M University will be