Using data collected over 18 years of observations, scientists now say that the planet Mars is wobbling. The planet’s wiggling results in its poles moving on a regular basis. Earth also has a >>
Using data collected over 18 years of observations, scientists now say that the planet Mars is wobbling. The planet’s wiggling results in its poles moving on a regular basis. Earth also has a >>
A small asteroid made an extremely close pass of Earth recently and wasn’t detected until after it had already passed. The asteroid known as 2020 VT4 flew by Earth at a distance of >>
New research suggests that Venus was once potentially habitable, but that likely changed when Jupiter swooped in and messed things up. Venus once had a much more elliptical orbit, allowing its surface to >>
Astronomers have spotted an exoplanet orbiting a cool star that completes a year in just 3.14 days. Nicknamed the “Pi Planet” or “Pi Earth,” the roughly Earth-sized world is extremely hot. Its surface >>
Researchers have theorized that our Sun once had a binary companion or another star that was roughly the same size as itself. The binary pair may have been responsible for drawing in the >>
Citizen scientists helped to scour data gathered by NASA and other groups to find evidence of brown dwarfs lurking near our own solar system. Brown dwarfs aren’t massive enough to become stars, but >>
Astronomers have discovered some truly ancient stars hanging around the edges of the Milky Way galaxy. The scientists believe the stars are all that remains of an ancient system that was torn apart >>
China’s mission to Mars took a moment to capture the Earth and Moon in its rearview mirror. The mission will be the first Chinese rover mission to the Red Planet, but it also >>