Astronomy

A planet orbiting three stars may be discovered for the first time

It cautiously suggests that planets may see the light of day in far more places than was previously thought possible. In our solar system, all...

Space probe on the hunt for Mercury’s secrets, spot the planet for the first time

The result is a beautiful picture of the still rather mysterious inner planet of our solar system. Space probe BepiColombo took the picture this weekend...

Another 416(!) new objects discovered at the edge of our solar system

And that with an instrument that wasn't even designed for that! Over the past six years, researchers have used the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on...

BepiColombo skims past Mercury tonight

The spacecraft thus gains a first glimpse of the planet that it will study intensively from 2025. Tonight at half past two BepiColombo will skim...

“Starved” galaxies in the early cosmos

Composite image (Hubble / ALMA) of the galaxy cluster MACSJ 0138, enlarged by a gravitational lens. (Image: ALMA (ESO / NAOJ / NRAO) /...

Mars helicopter refuses service and wear and tear may be the culprit

That wouldn't be very surprising; the helicopter was designed for about five flights, but has already made thirteen! The fourteenth flight was scheduled for...

Let’s hunt for exomoons around orphan planets

Planets roaming space without a parent star may not be as lonely as thought. They can sometimes harbor moons. And we can spot some...

Closer view of shadow craters

The 17 newly investigated shaded craters and depressions are located near the south pole of the moon. (Image: MPS / University of Oxford...

Large quake on Mars detected by Marslander InSight

The quake also lasted a very long time; about an hour and a half! Last weekend, Marslander InSight celebrated its 1000th day on Mars....

Huge spherical void discovered in space

An exploding star punched a hole in space nearly 500 light-years ago 10 million years ago. And strangely enough, we never noticed that enormous emptiness....

Mars may be too small for Martians

The habitability of Mars may be severely limited by the planet's small size. Water is one of the most important ingredients for life as we...

NASA sends a rover to Nobile crater on the moon’s south pole

The rover will search here – in one of the coldest regions in our solar system – for a particularly valuable raw material: ice....

First fully manned space flight ends with a splash, but is also the prelude to more

The four crew members of the Inspiration4 mission are safely back on Earth, where countless other space tourists are eager to follow suit. After three...

Planet X may be closer than thought

But that still doesn't make it obvious that we'll be spotting the planet anytime soon. That can be read in a new study which has...

NASA is looking for a car… for the moon

Who oh who wants to build an ingenious moon car with which future astronauts can cruise over the vast lunar landscape? During the Apollo missions,...

Mars rover Perseverance collects first Mars sample intended for return to Earth

The sample tube appears to have been successfully filled with precious Martian rock. One of Perseverance's main tasks on the Red Planet is to collect...

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