Solar System News
July 21, 2024
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July 17, 2024 The newly discovered planet TIC 241249530 b has the most highly elliptical, or eccentric, orbit of any known planet. It appears to be a juvenile planet that is in the midst of becoming a hot Jupiter, ...
July 16, 2024 A new study of radar experiment data from the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn has yielded fresh insights related to the makeup and activity of the liquid hydrocarbon seas near the north pole of Titan, the largest of Saturn's 146 known ...
July 11, 2024 The International Astronomical Union defines a planet as a celestial body that orbits the sun, is massive enough that gravity has forced it into a spherical shape, and has cleared away other objects ...
July 10, 2024 Up to 60% of near-Earth objects could be dark comets, mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our solar system that likely contain or previously contained ice and could have been one route for delivering water to Earth, according to a new ...
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July 9, 2024 A international team of astronomers has made an exciting discovery about the temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b: it could be a promising 'super-Earth' covered in ice or ...
July 8, 2024 An exoplanet infamous for its deadly weather has been hiding another bizarre feature -- it reeks of rotten eggs, according to a new study of data ...
July 1, 2024 Two samples from Mars together deliver clear evidence of the origin of Martian organic material. The study presents solid evidence for a prediction ...
June 28, 2024 An international team of researchers combine orbital imagery with seismological data from NASA's Mars InSight lander to derive a new impact rate for meteorite strikes on Mars. Seismology also offers ...
June 26, 2024 Early analysis of the asteroid Bennu sample returned by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has revealed dust rich in carbon, nitrogen, and organic compounds, all of which are essential components for life as ...
June 25, 2024 If liquid water exists today on Mars, it may be too deep underground to detect with traditional methods used on Earth. But listening to earthquakes ...
June 24, 2024 On June 25, China's Chang'e-6 (CE-6) lunar probe is set to return to Earth, carrying the first surface samples collected from the farside of the ...
June 20, 2024 Iron meteorites are remnants of the metallic cores of the earliest asteroids in our solar system. Iron meteorites contain refractory metals, such as ...
June 13, 2024 This study discovered mini-Neptunes around four red dwarfs using observations from a global network of ground-based telescopes and the TESS space telescope. These four mini-Neptunes are close to ...
June 11, 2024 The structure and function of the kidneys is altered by space flight, with galactic radiation causing permanent damage that would jeopardise any mission to Mars, according to a new study led by ...
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June 10, 2024 Astrophysicists calculate the likelihood that Earth was exposed to cold, harsh interstellar clouds, a phenomenon not previously considered in geologic climate ...
June 10, 2024 An international team of planetary scientists has detected patches of water frost sitting atop the Tharsis volcanoes on Mars, which are not only the tallest volcanic mountains on the Red Planet but ...
June 10, 2024 Astronomers observing exoplanet GJ 3470 b saw evidence of water, carbon dioxide, methane and sulfur dioxide. Astronomers hope the discovery of this exoplanet's sulfurous atmosphere will advance ...
June 10, 2024 Odysseus, a tenacious lander built by the company Intuitive Machines, almost didn't make it to the moon. But an experiment aboard the spacecraft managed to capture an image of Earth as it might ...
June 7, 2024 Researchers have provided a simple and comprehensive -- if less dramatic -- explanation for bright radar reflections initially interpreted as liquid water beneath the ice cap on Mars' south ...
June 5, 2024 New partitioning coefficients of first-transition row elements, Ga and Ge between olivine and silicate melt have been reported. New high-temperature experiments have investigated the effects of ...
May 31, 2024 Mars has a distinct structure in its mantle and crust with discernible reservoirs, and this is known thanks to meteorites that scientists have analyzed. These results are important for understanding ...
May 30, 2024 Combining a new imaging instrument with the powerful adaptive optics capabilities of the Large Binocular Telescope, astronomers have captured a volcanic event on Jupiter's moon Io at a ...
May 29, 2024 The moon orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh is actually two tiny moons stuck together. Collectively called 'Selam,' the two moonlets bring new insight into the complex processes behind ...
May 23, 2024 Astronomers have discovered a planet between the sizes of Earth and Venus only 40 light-years ...
May 23, 2024 While thousands of planets have been discovered around other stars, relatively little is known about them. A NASA catalog featuring 126 exotic, newly discovered worlds includes detailed measurements ...
May 23, 2024 Astronomers have made the rare and tantalizing discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet 40 light-years away that may be just a little warmer than our own world. The potentially-habitable planet, named ...
May 20, 2024 A surprisingly low amount of methane and a super-sized core hide within the cotton candy -- like planet WASP-107 ...
May 9, 2024 Astrophysicists discovered that an exoplanet is covered with so many active volcanoes that seen from a distance it would take on a fiery, glowing-red ...
May 8, 2024 Researchers may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet ...
May 6, 2024 Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored as much water as Earth. Today, almost all of it has disappeared. A new study may help to explain ...
May 6, 2024 New discoveries about Jupiter could lead to a better understanding of Earth's own space environment and influence a long-running scientific debate about the solar system's largest ...
May 1, 2024 A research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA's Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Samples reveal evidence of changes experienced by the surface of asteroid Ryugu, some probably due to micrometeoroid ...
Apr. 22, 2024 Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of sulfuric acid, uninhabitable Venus offers vital lessons about the potential for life on other ...
Monday, June 10, 2024
- The Solar System May Have Passed Through Dense Interstellar Clouds 2 Million Years Ago, Altering Earth's Climate
- In a Significant First, Researchers Detect Water Frost on Solar System's Tallest Volcanoes
- Small, Cool and Sulfurous Exoplanet May Help Write Recipe for Planetary Formation
- In New Experiment, Scientists Record Earth's Radio Waves from the Moon
Friday, June 7, 2024
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Friday, May 31, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Intriguing Nearby World Sized Between Earth, Venus
- Planet Hunters Unveil Massive Catalog of Strange Worlds
- Potentially Habitable 'exo-Venus' With Earth-Like Temperature Discovered
Monday, May 20, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Astronomers Uncover Methane Emission on a Cold Brown Dwarf
- 'Tube Map' Around Planets and Moons Made Possible by Knot Theory
Monday, April 15, 2024
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Distant 'space Snowman' Unlocks Mystery of How Some Dormant Deep Space Objects Become 'ice Bombs'
- Turbulence Within Solar Transients Imaged
Friday, March 22, 2024
- Signs of Life Would Be Detectable in Single Ice Grain Emitted from Extraterrestrial Moons
- James Webb Space Telescope Captures the End of Planet Formation
Thursday, March 14, 2024
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Three Years Later, Search for Life on Mars Continues
- New Realistic Computer Model Will Help Robots Collect Moon Dust
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Friday, February 16, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Evidence of Geothermal Activity Within Icy Dwarf Planets
- Diverse Ancient Volcanoes on Mars Discovered by Planetary Scientist May Hold Clues to Pre-Plate Tectonic Activity on Earth
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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Monday, January 29, 2024
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Thursday, January 11, 2024
- Astronomers Make Rare Exoplanet Discovery, and a Giant Leap in Detecting Earth-Like Bodies
- Potential Solvents Identified for Building on Moon and Mars
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
- NASA's Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown Dwarf
- Meteorite Analysis Shows Earth's Building Blocks Contained Water
Monday, January 8, 2024
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Thursday, December 21, 2023
- NASA's Hubble Watches 'spoke Season' On Saturn
- One Small Material, One Giant Leap for Life on Mars: New Research Takes Us a Step Closer to Sustaining Human Life on the Red Planet
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
- 'Bouncing' Comets Could Deliver Building Blocks for Life to Exoplanets
- Using Eclipses to Calculate the Transparency of Saturn's Rings
Monday, November 13, 2023
Thursday, November 9, 2023
- Glow in the Visible Range Detected for the First Time in the Martian Night
- Exploring the Origin of Nucleosynthetic Isotope Variations in Ryugu Samples
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Monday, November 6, 2023
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Thursday, October 26, 2023
- Uranus Aurora Discovery Offers Clues to Habitable Icy Worlds
- Venus Had Earth-Like Plate Tectonics Billions of Years Ago, Study Suggests
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Monday, October 23, 2023
- Researchers Capture First Images of a Radio 'ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse
- Researchers Probe How a Piece of the Moon Became a Near-Earth Asteroid
- The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
- Removal of Magnetic Spacecraft Contamination Within Extraterrestrial Samples Easily Carried Out, Researchers Say
- 'Starquakes' Could Explain Mystery Signals
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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Thursday, August 31, 2023
- Scientists Detect and Validate the Longest-Period Exoplanet Found With TESS
- New Giant Planet Evidence of Possible Planetary Collisions