It is generally accepted that planetary surfaces were covered with molten silicate, a “magma ocean”,…
In January, China’s Chang’E-4 – the fourth version of a lunar spacecraft named for the…
There are no scales for weighing black holes. Yet astrophysicists from the Moscow Institute of…
Astrophysicists Jon Hakkila of the College of Charleston and Robert Nemiroff of the Michigan Technological…
This new visualization of a black hole illustrates how its gravity distorts our view, warping…
K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the only planet orbiting…
A new study indicates that some exoplanets may have better conditions for life to thrive…
In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois and the Missouri University of…
Storm clouds rooted deep in Jupiter’s atmosphere are affecting the planet’s white zones and colorful…
When two neutron stars collide, the matter at their core enters extreme states. An international…
