NASA’s DART Spacecraft That Will Save Earth From Giant Celestial Bodies Nears Completion; Will It Messily Smash Asteroids?

Medicine & Technology Sep 14, 2021

Experts believe NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will chaotically defend planet Earth from future asteroid threats.

Earth Evolution: Geologists Reveal This Planet Could Further Evolve into Massive Supercontinents in 200 Million Years

Sep 05, 2021

Research carried out on the climate impacts of the tectonics, rotation rate, and isolation has explored two probable situations out of which one is the supercontinent’s formation at low latitudes.

Planet Nine Lurking Near Sun’s Orbit? Scientists Spot Planet Around Solar System

Sep 01, 2021

Planet Nine's orbit has been discovered, and its route around the sun has been plotted by new research. The planet is estimated to have a mass of 6.2 times that of the Earth and is 300 AU from the sun.

Planets Exist In Our Milky Way's Galactic Bulge; Here's What It Means

Aug 31, 2021

A large number of planets might be orbiting around our Milky Way's Galactic Bulge, experts say.

Why Was Pluto Demoted 15 Years Ago? Controversial Definition of Planets Disagreed by Some Astronomers

Aug 24, 2021

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) released a controversial definition of "planet" that left Pluto out. But some astronomers were against this definition that demoted the distant orb.

Jupiter in Relatively Large, Bright Sight When It Positions Opposite the Sun; Watch As It Happens on August 20

Aug 16, 2021

Next week, planet Jupiter is set to a position opposite the sun. It then makes this giant planet visible when the sun sets and vanishes, and again, when it rises.

Earth Look-A-Like Detected: Spectrographs Developed to Detect Other Planets Similar to Ours

Jul 30, 2021

Spectrographs are built to discover other planets similar to Earth. Three teams have built these devices in search of Earth 2.0.

Citizen Scientists Find 2 Gaseous Exoplanets

Jun 15, 2021

Citizen scientists made the discovery by observing the brightness of the star over a month using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

New Planet Discovered? Scientists Find Water Clouds in Exoplanet With Earth-Like Temperature

Jun 10, 2021

Scientists have recently discovered an exoplanet positioned 90 light-years from Earth and it is believed to have contained water clouds.

Jupiter Reveals Stunning Atmosphere Details in Different Light

May 12, 2021

Images captured by NASA Hubble Space Telescope show Jupiter's atmosphere in a new light.

NASA Parker Solar Probe Spacecraft Will Finally Go the Sun To Take a Photo of Six Planets

Jan 31, 2021

Parker Solar Probe spacecraft is expected to provide new data on solar activity and help scientists estimate space-weather events.

What’s Causing the Tilt on Saturn’s Rotation Axis?

Jan 21, 2021

A recently published research predicted that the tilt of Saturn's rotation axis would rise further over "the next few billion years."

Is it a Good Idea to Live on Mars, a Planet Where One Cannot Breathe?

Jan 02, 2021

Young astronaut Alyssa Carson said the sun would run out of fuel to burn," and conditions on Earth will be quite different from the regular life humans spend at present.

Solar Orbiter Spacecraft Reaches Nearest Approach to Venus

Dec 28, 2020

The joint American-European Solar Orbiter spacecraft "had an appointment with Venus" yesterday morning, the first "in a series of planetary flybys" to hone the orbit of a probe on its journey to the sun.

Most Inhospitable Planet Ever! Astronomers Discover Exoplanet With 60-Mile-Deep Lava Seas

Nov 05, 2020

The Earth-size planet has winds four times the speed of sound with temperatures of about 3,000 degrees Centigrade on one side - hot enough to vaporize rock.