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To enable flights to the Moon and beyond, both NASA and SpaceX are developing new heavy lift rockets: SpaceX's Starship and NASA's Space Launch System. But how do they differ and which one is more powerful?
Jan 29th, 2021
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A new type of rocket thruster that could take humankind to Mars and beyond has been proposed by a physicist. The device would apply magnetic fields to cause particles of plasma to shoot out the back of a rocket and propel the craft forward.
Jan 28th, 2021
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Faint light from rogue stars not bound to galaxies has been something of a mystery to scientists. The dimness of this intracluster light makes it difficult to measure, and no one knows how much there is. Scientists have made the most radially extended measurement of this light ever, and they've found that its distribution might point to the distribution of dark matter.
Jan 27th, 2021
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Models suggest galactic collisions can starve massive black holes.
Jan 25th, 2021
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A theory as to why the Sun's outer atmosphere differs in its chemical make-up from its inner layers has been confirmed by direct observation for the first time.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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Why are the planets of the inner Solar System dry and rocky, but the outer ones are not? Researchers discovered that a two-step formation process of the planets can explain the chronology and split in volatiles like water and isotope content of the inner and outer Solar System.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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Astronomers have detected the first Jupiter-like planet without clouds or haze in its observable atmosphere.
Jan 22nd, 2021
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An international team of astronomers has discovered a whirlwind of dust and pebbles in orbit around a young star. It is possible that a planet is forming in the pebbles.
Jan 21st, 2021
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Two giant radio galaxies have been discovered with South Africa's powerful MeerKAT telescope. These galaxies are thought to be amongst the largest single objects in the Universe.
Jan 21st, 2021
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Far below the gaseous atmospheric shroud on Saturn?s largest moon, Titan, lies Kraken Mare, a sea of liquid methane. Astronomers have estimated that sea to be at least 1,000-feet deep near its center - enough room for a potential robotic submarine to explore.
Jan 21st, 2021
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A meteorite that fell in northern Germany in 2019 contains carbonates which are among the oldest in the solar system; it also evidences the earliest presence of liquid water on a minor planet.
Jan 20th, 2021
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Research shows Mars had as many as six to 20 ice ages during the past 300-800 million years.
Jan 19th, 2021
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Astronomers discover that the core mass of exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than previously thought possible for a gas-giant planet.
Jan 18th, 2021
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Researchers will use cutting-edge quantum technologies to transform our understanding of the universe and answer key questions such as the nature of dark matter and black holes.
Jan 14th, 2021
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Two theoretical physicists are proposing a new approach to detect gravitational waves using a totally different type of observations: according to their calculations, parts of the waves should have converted to radio waves on their journey through the Universe, which might be measured by future radio telescopes.
Jan 14th, 2021
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Astronomers hunting for gravitational lenses utilized machine learning to inspect the vast dataset known as the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys, uncovering 1210 new lenses.
Jan 14th, 2021
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Nearly 200 researchers pitched in to gather, process, and stitch together images for half of the sky to prepare for the start of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's observations.
Jan 14th, 2021
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A new study indicates energy can be extracted from black holes through reconnection of magnetic field lines.
Jan 13th, 2021
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