Pluto’s ‘almost twin’ dwarf planet Eris is surprisingly squishy
Pluto's 'almost twin' dwarf planet Eris has a rocky core blanketed by an icy shell, which appears to be flexing slowly.
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Wonder what it’s like to fall into Uranus? These scientists do, too
Wind tunnels show what a probe descending into the atmosphere of Uranus or Neptune would probably need to contend with. Such a probe is a high-priority mission for both NASA and ESA.
The Milky Way’s stunning spiral structure appears to be an anomaly. But why?
A new supercomputer simulation reveals why spiral galaxies like our Milky Way are strikingly scarce in our pocket of the universe.
‘Bouncing’ comets may be delivering the seeds of life to alien planets, new study finds
Researchers have simulated how comets pinballing from one planet to another could deliver critical organic molecules to exoplanets.
NASA’s SPHEREx mission aims to map 450 million galaxies and 100 million stars
NASA has begun construction has started on SPHEREx, a new extraordinary mission that will map the sky in unprecedented detail and color.
The oldest continents in the Milky Way may be 5 billion years older than Earth’s
Several exoplanets at the edge of our galaxy could have formed continents — and advanced life — 5 billion years earlier than Earth, new research suggests.
NASA’s SWOT satellite maps nearly of all Earth’s water (video)
Data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite was used to map surface heights of the planet's oceans and freshwater lakes and rivers.
James Webb Space Telescope dives deep into the Crab Nebula supernova wreckage (video)
The James Webb Space Telescope has explored the Crab Nebula in more detail than ever before, hunting for clues about how this supernova remnant was created
James Webb Space Telescope could have explained the mysterious signals from ‘hell planet’ 40 light-years away
The hellish super-Earth '55 Cancri e' may be constantly losing and re-growing its atmosphere, a new study of the planet's strange transit signals suggests.
Nearby asteroid may contain elements ‘beyond the periodic table’, new study suggests
Naturally occurring superheavy elements beyond those listed in the periodic table could potentially explain why asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is so dense, new research suggests.