Nighttime long exposure of the open Samuel Oschin Telescope dome at Palomar Observatory in California. Credit: Palomar/Caltech A unique dataset of Type Ia supernovae being released today could change how…
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Asteroid Ryugu samples suggest presence of salty water in outer solar system
Colorized microscopic image of sodium carbonate deposit on Ryugu sample. Credit: KyotoU/Toru Matsumoto Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote…
From collisions to stellar cannibalism—the surprising diversity of exploding white dwarfs
The Palomar 48 inch telescope at the Palomar Observatory in California with an image of the Milky Way in the background. The stars represent the number of supernovae discovered in…
Sony’s latest State of Play highlights three incredible sci-fi games coming to PlayStation 5
We’re now halfway through the first trimester of 2025, which means that video game companies everywhere are rushing to show off some of the biggest releases arriving in the near…
Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Jumping workouts could help astronauts prevent the type of cartilage damage they are likely to endure during lengthy missions to Mars and the moon, a new…
Tiny plasma jets on the sun drive the elusive solar wind, Europe’s Solar Orbiter reveals
Solar scientists have found tiny, short-lived jets of energy on our sun to be the primary drivers of the solar wind, marking a step toward decoding our star’s elusive behavior…
Tidal energy measurements help scientists understand Titan’s composition and orbital history
SwRI scientists have determined that at the rate Titan’s orbit is changing, it should have acquired a circular orbit within about 350 million years. The fact that Titan currently has…
NASA picks SpaceX to launch Pandora exoplanet mission
A small NASA exoplanet probe now has a ride to Earth orbit. The agency announced on Monday afternoon (Feb. 10) that it has picked SpaceX to launch Pandora, a 716-pound…
Astronomers announce largest collection of comets found outside our solar system
This gallery contains 74 images of different star systems with cometary belts (known as “exocomets”) taken with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter (ALMA) radio telescope facilities.…
What was the mysterious space signal scientists discovered in 2024? Here are some possibilities
Having launched on January 9, 2024 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Einstein Probe detected several new events during its commissioning phase. Last October, Yuan Weimin, the spacecraft’s principle…
