One of the biggest mysteries in planetary science is etched into Mars’ landscape. The planet’s vast river-carved canyons reveal it was once warm enough to support flowing liquid water. So how did it transform into the dry, lifeless desert we see today—and why? A new study led by University of Chicago planetary scientist Edwin Kite […]
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Researchers from Tohoku University, in collaboration with NASA, conducted a study predicting the end of life on Earth in the year 1,000,002,021. Using supercomputers, they simulated the Sun’s behavior over billions of years and concluded that the gradual increase in solar radiation will make the planet uninhabitable. As the Sun ages, it will expand, emitting
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A Japanese private lunar lander is approaching the moon, targeting a landing in the uncharted far northern region with a small rover onboard. Tokyo-based company ispace is making another attempt at a moon landing on Friday (Japan time), joining the intensifying wave of commercial missions to the lunar surface. Resilience Lander Carries Rover and Artistic
For the first time, scientists have directly observed a key process driving the continuous loss of Mars’ atmosphere. Decade-Long Research Leads to Discovery After more than nine years of satellite data analysis, a team led by planetary scientist Shannon Curry from the University of Colorado Boulder has identified clear evidence of atmospheric sputtering. According to
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Two decades ago, the U.S. Congress tasked NASA with identifying 90% of near-Earth asteroids that could pose a threat. Since then, the agency has made progress tracking objects that orbit the Sun and pass within 1.3 astronomical units of Earth. A New Threat Emerging Near Venus However, a new area of concern is emerging: astronomers
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One evening in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, I had my telescope set up for astrophotography and aimed it at an incredibly distant galaxy. As the first image appeared on my tablet screen, my wife, Cristina, came over. “That’s the Pinwheel Galaxy,” I told her—named for its spiral shape and home to roughly a trillion
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On the edge of our galaxy, one of the universe’s rarest stellar objects just became even more puzzling.Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Gaia observatory, astronomers examined the environment around SGR 0501+4516, a magnetar — a highly magnetized type of neutron star. Their findings suggest that our current understanding of how magnetars
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A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North American continent: its ancient bedrock is slowly sinking into the Earth’s mantle. This descent occurs in a drip-like fashion, forming a funnel-shaped structure concentrated in the Midwestern United States, which pulls the ancient rocks horizontally before they
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When we observe the cosmos, a striking pattern emerges: Earth spins, the Sun spins, and even our Milky Way galaxy is rotating. Now, a bold new model proposes that the entire Universe might also be rotating. If proven, this revelation could resolve one of modern cosmology’s most persistent puzzles. We’ve long known that the Universe
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A new sky survey has revealed the long-sought whereabouts of half of the Universe’s visible matter—solving a mystery that had puzzled scientists for decades. The Hidden Clouds Around Galaxies This elusive matter turns out to be vast, invisible clouds of ionized hydrogen surrounding galaxies. Although these clouds usually go undetected, an international team of astronomers
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