ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceWhoa: Astronomers Find New Ring System in the Outer Solar SystemQuaoar, a dwarf planet, has a ring system twice as far out as previously thought possible.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedFebruary 8, 2023Comments (15)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceThe Last Images From Doomed Space ProbesThese space explorers managed to document their final moments, sending back precious data before going silent…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedFebruary 7, 2023Comments (43)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceWebb Telescope Spots a Small Asteroid From 62 Million Miles AwayThe roughly Colosseum-sized rock marks a new kind of target for Webb Space Telescope.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedFebruary 6, 2023Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceCuriosity Rover Finds Foot-Long Meteorite on Martian SurfaceThe rock, dubbed Cacao, is made of iron and nickel, NASA says.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedFebruary 6, 2023Comments (2)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpacePerseverance Rover Captures Ominous Sign of Mars’ Impending Cloudy SeasonThe NASA rover is approaching its second year on Mars (in Earth time), and there are overcast days ahead.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedFebruary 3, 2023Comments (2)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceSuck It, Saturn: Jupiter Now Officially Has Most Moons in the Solar SystemWith the discovery of several more moons around the gas giant, Jupiter has narrowly beat out Saturn as the moon…ByKevin HurlerPublishedFebruary 3, 2023Comments (9)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceHubble Telescope Directly Measures a White Dwarf Mass for the First TimeThe white dwarf is the dead core of a star that burned out a billion years ago.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedFebruary 2, 2023Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceNew Map Shows All the Matter in the UniverseThe universe’s stuff is less clumpy than previously thought, according to new research.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedFebruary 1, 2023Comments (15)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceAstronomers Find Rare Star System That Will Trigger a KilonovaThe binary system will end in a massive, gold-forming explosion.ByKevin HurlerPublishedFebruary 1, 2023Comments (18)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceWatch Four Planets Spin Around a Star 130 Light-Years AwayAn animated time-lapse reveals orbiting exoplanets in a distant star system.ByKevin HurlerPublishedFebruary 1, 2023Comments (8)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceWebb Telescope Captures Countless Galaxies in New ImageThe latest shot in the space telescope’s portfolio is a piercing gaze into a distant part of the sky.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 31, 2023Comments (7)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpacePerseverance Completes Its Sample Depot After 2 Years on MarsOne of the NASA rover’s main jobs was to collect rock samples for eventual shipment to Earth.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 31, 2023Comments (2)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceNASA Team to Investigate Recurring Problem With Juno Orbiter CameraIt’s not the first time the spacecraft has had issues with its imaging instrument.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 30, 2023Comments (1)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceA Truck-Size Asteroid Will Come 'Extraordinarily Close' to Earth TodayThe incoming asteroid, called 2023 BU, does not pose a threat to Earth, NASA says.ByKevin HurlerPublishedJanuary 25, 2023Comments (20)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceCheck Out This Perfect Bear's Face on the Surface of MarsA Mars satellite snapped this uncanny image of a rock formation.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 25, 2023Comments (14)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceWebb Telescope Spectrograph Suffers Software GlitchA communications delay timed out the instrument’s flight software, and some planned observations will have to be…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 25, 2023Comments (3)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceWebb Finds the ‘Deepest, Coldest Ices to Date’ in Distant Molecular CloudThe ingredients for young stars were spotted about 630 light-years from Earth.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 23, 2023Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceHow to See the ‘Green Comet’ Everyone’s Talking AboutThe glowing space rock E3 is about to make its closest approach to Earth in 50,000 years.ByIsaac SchultzUpdatedJanuary 31, 2023Comments (6)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceIt's Getting Harder and Harder to See the StarsA new analysis of citizen science reports indicates that light pollution is intensifying around the world.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 19, 2023Comments (19)Save
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceMeteorite Hunters Find 17-Pound Space Rock in AntarcticaThe team found five meteorites during their recent expedition. The rocks are now headed to a museum for study.ByKevin HurlerPublishedJanuary 18, 2023Comments (5)Save