The huge streak of light was spotted in at least seven different states and hung in the night sky for about 10 minutes. (Photo by Mike Lewinsky) A large white streak of light resembling an aurora appeared in the night…
An image of Venus taken by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft in 1996. A new analysis of data collected by Magellan has revealed a startling hint that Venus may be more “active” than previously thought. (Image credit: NASA/JPL) Researchers have found new…
Scientists have identified 26 new species of bacteria in samples taken from the clean room where NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander was located in 2007. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UA/Lockheed Martin) A new study has found that dozens of previously unknown species of…
China’s Tiangong space station orbits Earth. (Photo courtesy of China Manned Space Agency) Researchers have discovered a new microbe on China’s Tiangong space station that has never been seen on Earth before. The new strain of bacteria, named Niallia tiangongensis…
The number of satellites in low Earth orbit is growing rapidly, driven by private satellite mega-constellations such as SpaceX’s Starlink network. (Image credit: Getty Images) Not long ago, at the dawn of the space age, there were only a few…
From left to right: Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter present their rings to various NASA spacecraft. The ability to observe planetary rings from Earth depends on their composition. (Image credit: NASA; NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. Image processing: J. DePasquale (STScI); NASA,…
NASA has found evidence of Martian water leaking into space, but new research suggests it may also have gone deep underground. (Image courtesy of NASA Goddard) Seismic data suggests there may be a hidden ocean of liquid water beneath the…
This image of the spiral galaxy Arp 184/NGC 1961 was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, RJ Foley (UC Santa Cruz), C. Kilpatrick) What is it: Arp 184 (NGC 1961) Location: 190 million…
An artistic illustration showing a satellite falling towards Earth. (Image credit: Getty Images) After 53 years in space, the Soviet spacecraft destined for landing on Venus has finally made an emergency landing on Earth. The Kosmos 482 probe, a monument…
Wave patterns on Mars and freely moving atoms. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona/Stanislaw Pytel/Getty Images) Jump to: From a dazzling Anglo-Saxon treasure to Earth’s constellation ‘mini-moon’, it’s been a week of science news. While our planet has offered its share of amazing…
An illustration of a satellite falling into the ocean after an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. A similar fate is expected to befall the Soviet probe Cosmos 482, which could fall to Earth tonight. (Image credit: Getty Images) The ill-fated…
(Image credit: CFHT Gwyn Smith) How to tell a galaxy from a simple star cluster? It’s pretty simple, isn’t it? A galaxy is a huge collection of millions or billions of stars, while star clusters consist of only a few…