The real space science behind 'Project Hail Mary'

The science fiction blockbuster wowed audiences with its depiction of space travel and more. Here's what NASA staff and other ...
Live Science

I found a new meteor shower — and it comes from an asteroid getting baked to bits by the sun

A NASA researcher in planetary sciences explains how he discovered a new meteor shower linked to a disintegrating asteroid.

320 Light-Years Away, a Planet Confirms a Fundamental Cosmic Assumption

Scientists confirmed that an exoplanet mirrors its star’s chemical makeup, validating a core assumption about how planets ...
Smithsonian Magazine

When Did the Earth’s Crust Start to Shift? Scientists Uncover Evidence of Plate Tectonics Happening 3.48 Billion Years Ago

Exactly when and how plate tectonics started, however, is a matter of debate. Now, in a study published March 19 in the ...
IFLScience

NASA’s Voyager Spacecraft Detected A 30,000-50,000 Kelvin “Wall” At The Edge Of Our Solar System

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Scientific American

Astronomers witness the birth of a new solar system

Planets around other stars can help answer one of the greatest mysteries: How did we get here? How did the spinning disk of material left behind by our sun’s birth form our planet and its seven ...
Eos

Terrestrial Planets Guide Our Search for Habitable Exoplanets

While the rocky planets of our solar system started forming at the same time, their divergent evolution led to varied surface environments and potential for habitability. A new article in Reviews of ...
The Conversation

All 5 fundamental units of life’s genetic code were just discovered in an asteroid sample

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from the asteroid Ryugu. Asteroid particles offer a glimpse into the chemical ...
Nanowerk

Magnetic measurements of asteroid samples reveal early solar system field history

(Nanowerk News) Paleomagnetic analysis of 28 particles from the asteroid Ryugu has provided the most detailed evidence yet of magnetic fields present in the early solar system. A research team led by ...
Futurism

3I/ATLAS Spraying Material as It Exits the Solar System

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Scientists have watched ...
Phys.org

Cosmic curveball: Distant system challenges planet-formation theory

An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how planets form. Across our galaxy, astronomers routinely observe a ...
KTTV

Nancy Guthrie: DNA profile found on glove did not match anyone in CODIS system

DNA from a glove that was found on the side of the road two miles from Nancy Guthrie's home did not match anyone in the national database, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said. Investigators ...