In 1915, Einstein put the finishing touches on his Theory of General Relativity (GR), a revolutionary new hypothesis that described...
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We tend to image planets as spheres. Held together by gravity, the material of a planet compresses and shifts until...
After more than two years in orbit around asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is ready to come home. It’s bringing...
On February 18th, 2021, the Perseverance rover landed in the Jezero crater on Mars. Shortly thereafter, it powered up some...
Planetary systems form out of the remnant gas and dust of a primordial star. The material collapses into a protoplanetary...
Precipitation is much more widespread throughout that solar system than commonly assumed. Obviously it rains water on Earth. But it...
So, you want to find dark matter, but you don’t know where to look? A giant planet might be exactly...
Perseverance is having a proud parent moment in this image, looking like it’s waiting with a child at the bus...
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has long roots in human history. With the advent of modern technologies, scientists were...
Black holes come in three sizes: small, medium, and large. Small black holes are of stellar mass. They form when...
Did the Perseverance rover capture a rainbow on Mars? This image, from the rover’s left rear Hazard Camera, sure looks...
On April 3rd, the Mars Ingenuity helicopter was removed from its carbon-fiber shield on the Perseverance rover’s belly. On Sunday,...