Scientists have found the unmistakable presence of certain isotopes in an iron meteorite. Since these meteorites are thought to leftover…
Sometimes the sun spits out high-energy particles which slam into the Earth, potentially disrupting our sensitive electronics. New research has…
A deep-space mission is about to pull a ‘vanishing act,’ through mid-February, as the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter (affectionately…
There's no doubt that the Moon has water on its surface. Orbiters have spotted deposits of ice persisting in the…
A new study by a Swedish astrophysicist shows that Venus is not likely to have lost its water to space,…
At first glance, it looks like something from an alien autopsy. A strange organ cut from a xenomorph's thorax, under…
I forget the Sun is a star. I think we all do sometimes. It’s easy to take for granted. The…
Even though Earthling scientists are studying Mars intently, it's still a mysterious place. One of the striking things about Mars…
Every second of every day, our sun spits out a stream of tiny high-energy particles, known as the solar wind.…
The ESA's Solar Orbiter, which took to space over earlier this month, recently sent back its first batch of data…