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Scientists have discovered a theoretically habitable, Earth-size planet
CNN.com· 6 days agoTwo teams of scientists have discovered a theoretically habitable planet, smaller than Earth but...
Exploring Jupiter’s Icy Moon: NASA’s Europa Clipper Prepares for Launch
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoAssembled at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the Europa Clipper spacecraft...
Venus Might Still Have Active Volcanoes, as Recent Lava Flows Suggest 'Ongoing' Eruptions
Smithsonian Magazine· 19 hours agoScientists have uncovered evidence of recent volcanic activity on the surface of Venus in archival data from the 1990s, suggesting eruptions may be “ongoing.” The findings support the theory ...
Andromeda’s Supermassive Black Hole Feeding Habits Revealed by NASA’s Spitzer
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoNASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope images show streams of dust feeding the supermassive black hole in...
First time, NASA's satellite to monitor Arctic, Antarctic energy loss
Interesting Engineering· 4 days agoFar-infrared radiation, a significant portion of the heat emitted from the Arctic and Antarctica,...
NASA’s PREFIRE Climate Change CubeSat Launched To Decode Earth’s Polar Mysteries
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoNASA’s PREFIRE mission uses CubeSats to track heat emissions from Earth’s poles, enhancing...
Venus "far more volcanically active" than was thought, say scientists
Newsweek· 3 days agoVenus's plentiful volcanoes are still active, and may erupt at a similar rate to volcanoes on Earth,...
NASA’s Europa Clipper Makes Cross-Country Flight to Florida
NASA· 6 days agoNASA’s Europa Clipper, a spacecraft designed to investigate Jupiter’s icy moon Europa and its potential to support life, arrived in Florida on Thursday, May 23. The mission aims to gather detailed ...
Mars InSight Has One Last Job: Getting Swallowed by Dust on the Red Planet
Universe Today· 2 days agoNow, however, it’s acting as a dust collector, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) scientists couldn’t be happier. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE ...
A rare 6-planet alignment will occur soon. Here’s what to know. - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 6 days agoThis year has already amazed skygazers with a rare solar eclipse and a geomagnetic storm that caused...