Hundreds of Meteoroids Bombard Mars Annually, New Research Reveals
New research conducted using data collected by NASA's now-retired InSight mission has revealed that Mars is bombarded by hundreds of basketball-sized meteoroids each year, leading to impact craters and seismic…
Exploring the Night Skies in July: Planets, Comets, and Meteor Showers
Exploring the Night Skies in July: Planets, Comets, and Meteor Showers As the Earth tilts away from the Sun after the Summer Solstice, the nights gradually start to lengthen. While…
The Solar System: A Shaping Tale of Donuts and Disks
The formation of the Solar System is a captivating story that unveils a stunning twist - our cosmic neighborhood wasn't always the pancake-shaped disk we know today. Scientists have ventured…
The Journey of Retrograde Planets: Embracing Intuition in the Celestial Slowdown
Retrograde planets have long been associated with chaos and confusion, but perhaps there is more to these cosmic events than meets the eye. Rather than cursing the stars, we can…
Inter Solar 83: A Journey into the Unknown
Inter Solar 83, an exciting virtual reality adventure, is drawing closer to its launch after a series of closed alpha updates. The brainchild of Joe Chisholm from First Time Games,…
Astronomers Uncover Two Distinct Populations of Sub-Neptunes
New research conducted by an international team of scientists from NCCR PlanetS, UNIGE, and UNIBE has revealed the existence of two distinct populations of sub-Neptunes, settling a long-standing debate in…
Gliese 12 b: Bridging the Gap Between Earth and Venus in the Search for Habitable Planets
In a groundbreaking discovery, a research team led by Shishir Dholakia, a PhD student at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) Centre for Astrophysics, has identified Gliese 12 b, a…
Beyond Global Warming: Unraveling the Complex Relationship between Fossil Fuel Pollution and Climate Change
While it's well-known that human activities like burning coal, oil, and gas have contributed to global warming, there's a lesser-known side to the story. These same fossil fuel emissions have…
Astronomers Uncover Exciting Super-Earth Possibilities
A team of international researchers, led by Dr. Shweta Dalal from the University of Exeter, has made a groundbreaking discovery by finding three potential "super-Earth" exoplanets orbiting a nearby orange…
Unveiling the Hidden Power: TESS Confirms Dual Black Holes in Galaxy OJ 287
A groundbreaking discovery has been made in the distant galaxy OJ 287, revealing the presence of two black holes. This finding, confirmed by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), sheds…