Possible Meteorite Crashes Through Roof of New Jersey Home
The metallic object believed to be a meteorite on the floor of a home in New Jersey. Photo: Hopewell Township Police Department A metallic oblong-shaped rock may have made its…
Four Moons Circling Uranus May Be Sopping Wet
New scrutiny of Uranus’ largest moons suggest the bodies may contain ocean layers that could be dozens of miles deep. What Is Planet Nine and Why Can’t We Find It?…
The Moon Has a Solid, Earth-Like Core, Study Finds
NASA suggested in 2011 that the Moon had an iron-rich, solid core, as well as a fluid outer core.Image: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University Scientists may have just unlocked another of the…
Rare Views of Moon’s Shadowed Craters Reveal Possible Locations of Water Ice
NASA’s ShadowCam has been flying around the Moon for nearly six months, strapped to a Korean lunar orbiter. The hypersensitive camera has been capturing beautifully detailed images of the Moon’s…
This Piping-Hot Rocky World Looks Surprisingly Wet
The Webb Space Telescope recently trained its perceptive gaze on a rocky exoplanet about 26 light-years from Earth and found that it appears to have water vapor in its atmosphere—a…
Martian Core Revealed by Deep-Traveling Seismic Waves From Planet’s Far Side
Scientists have detected sound waves moving through Mars’ core for the first time, offering new clues to the composition of the fourth planet from the Sun. What Is Planet Nine…
NASA Wants an International Fleet of Spacecraft to Monitor Asteroid Flyby
Asteroid Apophis is scheduled for a brief rendezvous with Earth and NASA is hoping to get a good view of the close encounter in order to prepare for potentially hazardous…
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Spots Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids for the First Time
A NASA probe sent to observe Jupiter’s swarm of asteroids recently caught the first glimpse of its rocky targets, capturing deep-space images of four of the mysterious Trojans. What Is…
China Will Smash a Spacecraft Into This Near-Earth Asteroid in Planetary Defense Test
China has selected a small, near-Earth asteroid as the target for an upcoming mission that will help it prepare against future threats of incoming space rocks. Astronomers Could Soon Get…
Webb Telescope Reveals Nearby Exoplanet Has No Atmosphere
TRAPPIST-1b is a superhot rocky world just 40 light-years away. Astronomers recently trained the Webb Space Telescope this exoplanet, a world in the TRAPPIST-1 star system, and found that it’s…