Artist’s impression of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The actively cooled primary mirror has a diameter of 2.4 metres. It is a copy of the primary mirror of the…
Category: Planetary Science
Here’s how AI Is changing NASA’s Mars rover science
PIXL, the white instrument at top left, is one of several science tools located on the end of the robotic arm aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover. The Mars rover’s left navcam…
Observatory gears up to detect thousands of elusive brown dwarfs, unlocking Milky Way mysteries
Artist’s illustration of brown dwarfs surrounding the Milky Way. Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva One could argue that brown dwarfs don’t get the love they deserve. Sometimes referred to as “failed…
Nearby exoplanet could be first known ocean world: Webb telescope
An artist’s illustration of an planet — though not LHS 1140 b — outside the Solar System. A planet relatively close to Earth could be the first ever detected with…
Webb Space Telescope’s latest cosmic shot shows pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in infrared
In this photo provided by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute, two interacting galaxies are captured by the Webb Space Telescope in the infrared. Scientists say the neighboring galaxies,…
SpaceX rocket accident leaves company’s Starlink satellites in wrong orbit
This image from video provided by SpaceX shows the upper stage engine of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which blasted off from California on Thursday, July 11, 2024. The rocket,…
Hubble measures the distance to a supernova
This annotated Hubble image of NGC 3810 denotes the location of the Type Ia supernovae SN 2022zut, It was the 18,142nd supernova found in 2022. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D.…
A new proposal would change that
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Planetary scientists are proposing a new definition of a planet to replace one that many researchers view as sun-centric and outdated. The current definition—established in 2006…
Mars likely had cold and icy past, new study finds
The rim and floor of Gale Crater as seen from NASA’s Curiosity Rover. Credit: NASA The question of whether Mars ever supported life has captivated the imagination of scientists and…
Auroras caused by head-on blows to Earth’s magnetic field could damage critical infrastructure, scientists say
Credit: Harrison Haines from Pexels Auroras have inspired myths and portents for millennia—but only now, with modern technology dependent on electricity, are we appreciating their true power. The same forces…
