3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (515+ words) A closer look at Mercury’s battered surface is revealing clues that could reshape scientists’ understanding of the planet’s hidden interior. Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, has been gradually shrinking for billions of years and may have lost more…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (201+ words) A new observatory could transform how scientists study cosmic evolution, test Einstein’s theory, and search for worlds beyond our solar system. NASA is preparing to launch a new flagship space observatory – the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The spacecraft will…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (348+ words) Hidden among ancient star clusters, a long-forgotten collision is helping scientists reconstruct how our galaxy grew into its present form. This is reported by Independent. Astronomers have determined that about 11.8 billion years ago, the Milky Way underwent one of the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (490+ words) A barely visible trail in a distant galaxy is giving scientists an unusual new method to investigate matter they cannot observe directly. For the first time, astronomers have detected a stellar stream beyond the Milky Way that formed from a…...