4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (449+ words) WASHINGTON — Mercury's surface is riddled with wrinkles, evidence of a once-larger planet that has shrunk over time. A new study finds that Mercury may have contracted 10% to 30% more than previously thought — a loss of nearly 12 miles (19 kilometers) of total diameter…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (159+ words) Through a new collaboration between NASA and the National Football League (NFL), the agency will soon bring America's strengths in space exploration and aeronautics innovation to the football field. NASA will conduct flyovers, astronaut appearances, and fan engagement at NFL…...

4+ day, 24+ min ago   (483+ words) Mercury as seen by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft in 2008. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington via NASA Image and Video Library. Mercury's surface is riddled with wrinkles, evidence of a once-larger planet that has shrunk…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (679+ words) Sun Unleashes Powerful Superflares Evidence miragenews.com The Sun is capable of great things. In massive eruptions, it repeatedly hurls particles and radiation into space. This solar bombardment can be dangerous for technical infrastructure on Earth: For example, satellites and…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (401+ words) Previous studies may have underestimated how much Mercury has contracted as the planet cooled over billions of years because its rough surface hides some of the geological evidence. The surface of Mercury is filled with craters, ridges, and steep cliffs....

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (568+ words) Mirage News Until just over a decade ago, ring systems were thought to be exclusive to the giant planets of the Solar System, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. However, in 2013, a small body barely 250 kilometers in diameter, located…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (111+ words) Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 Second, Saturday, Aug. 29, marked 5,000 Martian days (or sols) since Curiosity landed on Mars (that's more than 5,137 Earth days, because a day on Mars lasts 24.6 hours)....

6+ day, 6+ min ago   (187+ words) "These dynamically 'hot' TNOs retain a signature of where they were born, even though they've been orbitally scrambled since then," said co-author David Trilling of Northern Arizona University. Both the "hot" and "cold" populations seem to keep the same colors…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (223+ words) The successful launch not only marks the start of the scientific validation of the satellite data - for the scientific community, the real work is only just beginning: the freely available FLEX data must be evaluated and made accessible for new…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (223+ words) Mirage News Astronomy Picture of the Day Explanation: Chasing the shadow of a New Moon, NASA's WB-57F high altitude research aircraft took to the skies off the coast of Iceland on August 12 to observe a total solar eclipse. At 50,000 feet…...