OSIRIS-REx To Touch Down On Asteroid Bennu This Year
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is nearing its objective — the asteroid Bennu. The US probe will attempt its first asteroid sample collection next month.After a ...
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Scientists Find Ice Trapped In Space Dust Particles
A team of astrophysicists has just demonstrated that the dust particles in space contain ice.The interstellar medium—matter between the stars in a galaxy—c...
Fresh Ice Found On Enceladus
Scientists, using data from Cassini, have found the possible presence of fresh ice on the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus.Using Cassini data scientists ...
Thorne-Żytkow Object: Stars Within Stars
Have you ever heard about stars packed inside the shell of another, larger star? Thorne-Żytkow objects are stars within stars.When a dying star swallows a ...
Hints Of Life Found On Venus
Scientists have just found hints of life on Venus. They have detected phosphine, a rare molecule that is a sign of microbial life.Have we just found life o...
Heaviest Black Hole Merger Ever Found
Powerful gravitational waves reached the Earth far away from the depths of space. It's the heaviest black hole merger ever.Gravitational waves coming from ...
Andromeda Has A Supermassive Halo
In a recent study, using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, scientists mapped the supermassive halo of gas surrounding the Andromeda galaxy.According to Hubble...
Mysterious Dimming of Betelgeuse Explained
Mysterious dimming of Betelgeuse which has puzzled astronomers in late 2019 and early 2020 could be due to a traumatic outburst.The mysterious dimming of B...
Dwarf Planet Ceres is an Ocean World
Ceres is not so dry after all. A new study finds the dwarf planet is an ocean world with reservoirs of seawater beneath its surface.Ceres is the largest of...
Supernova Blasts White Dwarf Star Across The Milky Way
NASA's Hubble Space Telescopes finds a unique kind of supernova blasting a strange white dwarf star across the Milky Way.An exploding white dwarf star mana...