New Mars research reveals multiple episodes of habitability in Jezero Crater
Colorized HiRISE map of the western edge of Jezero crater with rover traverse. Credit: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets (2025)....
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Can Hayabusa2 touch down? Study reveals space mission’s target asteroid is tinier and faster than thought
An artist's impression of Japan's Hayabusa2 space mission touching down on the surface of the asteroid 1998 KY26. New observations...
Some small asteroids can abruptly explode
Impact of asteroid 2023 CX1 on February 13, 2023, as seen from the Netherlands. Credit: Gijs de Reijke Some asteroids...
Observations shed light on fragmentation code and growth mystery of high-mass star formation
Comparison of ATOMS 3 mm and QUARKS 1.3 mm continuum images for two protocluster clumps. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement...
Here are the tools Perseverance used to spot a potential sign of ancient life
Key Perseverance Mars Rover instruments used in this analysis. Credit: NASA NASA's search for evidence of past life on Mars...
XRISM reveals surprisingly sluggish winds from neutron star differ from black hole outflows
Artist's impression of the powerful winds blowing from the bright X-ray source GX13+1. The X-rays are coming from a disk...
Simulations show how future moon missions could uncover dark matter
Fig. 1. In this visualization, each dot represents a gas parcel with a mass approximately 1,000 times that of the...
New discovery links microbial colonization to ancient meteorite crater
Illustration of how the night sky may have looked when the Lappajärvi crater in Finland was formed by a meteorite...
New radio halo discovered with MeerKAT
Chandra X-ray image of SPT-CLJ2337−5942 in the 0.5 - 2.0 keV band, smoothed to 12 arcsec. The Gaussian smoothing kernel...
How NASA’s Roman mission will unveil our home galaxy using cosmic dust
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way...
