Scientists accidentally discover Earth’s inner core is less solid than expected
Researchers discovered that Earth's inner core is surprisingly viscous.
The Winter Triangle meets the ‘Mars Triangle’ in the night sky this month
For the next few weeks, the planet Mars will form an isosceles triangle with the two bright stars marking the heads of the Gemini Twins, Pollux and Castor.
Watch the sun erupt in new images from NOAA’s weather satellite
A space-based telescope has captured new images of the sun that showcase one of our star's fiery outbursts — and Mercury is in the picture.
Some planet-forming stars never ‘grow up’ and lose their ‘Peter Pan’ disks
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to study a planet-forming disk around a low-mass star, finding it contains chemical signatures never seen before in such a disk.
Astronomers realize mysterious TV signal in their data bounced off an airplane
By tracking the TV signal back to the plane that was reflecting it towards the Murchison Wide-field Array, astronomers will be able to learn how to remove it from their data.
‘City-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.
Continent-size blobs in Earth’s mantle are a billion years old, ancient crystals reveal
New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion.
‘Sailing’ satellites of the future could provide early warning of dangerous space weather
'Sailing' satellites of the future could provide early warning of dangerous space weather
The force is strong with this JEDI
The force will be strong with this next-generation imager; JEDI will be a featured instrument on the Vigil space mission set to launch in 2031.
What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)
Astronomers have captured a new image of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 1 in 48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032.