Category: Planetary Science
Massive black hole ‘waking up’ in Virgo constellation
Artist’s impression of the accretion disc around the massive black hole Ansky and its interaction with a small celestial object. Credit: European Space Agency A massive black hole at the…
Soil from the moon’s far side suggests drier conditions than the side facing Earth
This China National Space Administration (CNSA) handout image released by Xinhua News Agency, shows the lander-ascender combination of Chang’e-6 probe taken by a mini rover after it landed on the…
High school student uses AI to reveal 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space
Matteo Paz with Caltech President Thomas F. Rosenbaum. Credit: California Institute of Technology Through his research at Caltech, a local high school student revealed 1.5 million previously unknown objects in…
Scientists discover drier mantle on moon’s farside, offering potential insight on lunar evolution
Lunar sample return sample missions with associated water content estimates. Credit: Prof. Hu Sen’s group Chinese scientists have discovered that the moon’s mantle contains less water on the lunar farside…
Researcher proposes first-time model that replaces dark energy and dark matter in explaining nature of the universe
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Dr. Richard Lieu, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has published a paper…
Blue Origin plans an all-female space flight—but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional
Mae Carol Jemison was the first black woman to travel to space. Credit: NASA For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will…
