From an observatory high above Chile’s Atacama Desert, astronomers have taken a new look at…
DISCOVERY
Hubble Identifies Strange Exoplanet That Behaves Like the Long-Sought “Planet Nine”
The 11-Jupiter-mass exoplanet called HD106906 b occupies an unlikely orbit around a double star 336…
Image-Based Navigation Could Help Spacecraft Safely Land on the Moon
In order for future lunar exploration missions to be successful and land more precisely, engineers…
Water on Ancient Mars
There’s a long-standing question in planetary science about the origin of water on Earth, Mars…
Galaxies in the Very Early Universe Were Surprisingly Mature
Massive galaxies were already much more mature in the early universe than previously expected. This…
Asteroid’s Scars Tell Stories of Its Past
By studying impact marks on the surface of asteroid Bennu – the target of NASA’s…
Mass Loss Driven Shape Evolution Model Unveils Formation of Flattened ‘Snowman’ (486958) Arrokoth
The small Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth, encountered by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on January…
The Puzzle of the Strange Galaxy Made of 99.9% Dark Matter Is Solved
At present, the formation of galaxies is difficult to understand without the presence of a…
Ultrasensitive Microwave Detector Developed
A joint international research team from POSTECH of South Korea, Raytheon BBN Technologies, Harvard University,…
Some Planets May Be Better for Life Than Earth
Earth is not necessarily the best planet in the universe. Researchers have identified two dozen…
