Category: Space & Spaceflight
Astronomers Just Found the First Green Star Ever Discovered—Right After It Swallowed Its Planets
A surprising new discovery shows that white dwarfs can glow in green, pink, and purple.
NASA Images Reveal 10,000 Young Faults on the Moon. That’s a Problem
Unlike Earth’s multi-plate surface, the Moon is a single chunk—an “unbroken shell” where over 10,000 young faults can...
The Sun’s Death Could Tear Apart the Outer Solar System Much Sooner Than Thought
“The Sun’s death is not an event the planets will quietly survive—it is the trigger for their orbital...
Solar Orbiter Traces the Origin of a Mysterious S-Shaped Kink on the Sun
The spacecraft helped solve a piece of the puzzle of how the Sun heats up its atmosphere.
Astronomers Spot Possible Signs of Antimatter Disappearing Beyond Our Galaxy
A recent finding could help trace the origins of mysterious gamma rays in the distant cosmos.
NASA Getting a Little Sumthin’-Sumthin’ from Virgin
NASA and Virgin Galactic (two companies that make for strange bedfellows) are loosely teaming up to develop hypersonic...
Mars’s Weirdest Cloud Forms in a Way Scientists Thought Was Impossible
The physical process likely behind this cloud's formation has never been observed in a planetary atmosphere before.
ASTRO Becomes First Robotic Satellite Repair Man
Now that they’re poised to take over the planet, robots are turning to outer space thanks to the...
A Rare Image of Mars at Dawn Reveals the Beauty of Its Ancient Cliffs
NASA's Curiosity rover captured the soft morning light illuminating the Martian landscape.
New Rocket Engine to Get Us to Mars with 20% Greater Efficiency
That’s a picture of XCOR Aerospace’s new liquid methane and liquid oxygen powered engine, a prototype of what...
