Many gas giant exoplanets waiting to be discovered
There is an as-yet-unseen population of Jupiter-like planets orbiting nearby Sun-like stars, awaiting discovery by future missionsCredit: Alan Boss Washington, ...
Tag: Comets/Asteroids
Gemini observatory captures multicolor image of first-ever interstellar comet
Credit: Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA The first-ever comet from beyond our Solar System has been successfully imaged by the Gemini Observatory in ...
New space discovery sheds light on how planets form
A young planet and a bright star offer glimpses into the past and futureCredit: Elisabeth Newton HANOVER, N.H. - July ...
Cosmic pearls: Fossil clams in Florida contain evidence of ancient meteorite
Credit: Mike Meyer GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Researchers picking through the contents of fossil clams from a Sarasota County quarry found ...
Diamond shines its light on Moon Rocks from Apollo Missions, Martian meteorites and Vesta
Nearly 50 years after our first steps on the Moon, samples from the Apollo missions, Mars and Vesta still have ...
Speeding up science on near-earth asteroids
Credit: NASA/JPL Modeling the shape and movement of near-Earth asteroids is now up to 25 times faster thanks to new ...
‘Oumuamua is not an alien spacecraft
New analysis, co-led by UMD astronomer, suggests a natural origin for our first interstellar visitorCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser On October 19, ...
Cyanide compounds discovered in meteorites may hold clues to the origin of life
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Cyanide and carbon monoxide are both deadly poisons to humans, but ...
SwRI-led team studies binaries to make heads or tails of planet formation
Kuiper Belt object orientations support streaming instability hypothesisCredit: HST/StSci/SwRI/Simon Porter SAN ANTONIO -- June 25, 2019 -- A Southwest Research ...
SwRI scientist develops novel algorithm to aid search for exoplanets
Machine learning tool allows scientists to search stellar data for likely exoplanet host starsCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser SAN ANTONIO -- June ...
Tokyo Tech-led study shows how icy outer solar system satellites may have formed
Scientists use sophisticated computer simulations and observations of trans-Neptunian objects to understand the formation of the solar systemCredit: NASA/APL/SwRI/ESA/STScI Using ...
Comet interceptor: ESA selects new mission to an ancient world
The Comet Interceptor space mission led by UCL has been selected as the first €150M mission for the European Space ...
NRL researchers find insights into the formation of the solar system in ancient comet dust
Credit: US Naval Research Laboratory WASHINGTON -- Materials science researchers with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have found a remnant ...
Meteors help Martian clouds form
How did the Red Planet get all of its clouds? CU Boulder researchers may have discovered the secret: just add ...