3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (454+ words) The Sun is one of the things that’s keeping our entire solar system together. It keeps everything, from the biggest planets to even the smallest pieces of debris, locked in its orbit. The relationship with the Sun is what causes…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (345+ words) NASA knew that the paths the Voyager twins were on would take them out of the solar system, and they thought it would be unwise not to put evidence of our existence out there. Thus came the idea of the…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (306+ words) starlust.org Scientists propose ambitious spacecraft mission to study Halley’s Comet when it returns in 2061 Halley’s Comet has fascinated humanity for at least two millennia, but key questions about its characteristics are still unanswered. Now, a group of scientists has…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (441+ words) starlust.org Source of gravitational waves from a black hole merger weighing 230 suns may have been an illusion Scientists have come up with an explanation for why a particular source of gravitational waves was as atypical as it was—so…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (417+ words) starlust.org New study reveals fresh clues about the mysterious origin of comet 3I/ATLAS Only three interstellar visitors have ever been confirmed passing through our solar system. One of them is 3I/ATLAS, which was first spotted by the ATLAS survey…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (309+ words) The search for alien life and extraterrestrial civilizations has long sparked curiosity about what might exist in the universe. With every new study, scientists are finding clues that could bring them a little closer to answering a question they have…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (207+ words) ​The matter that makes up you and all that we see in the universe was actually made inside stars a very, very long time ago. Explaining this, NASA shared, "These were all part of stars that existed well before our…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (217+ words) NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed a side of Uranus rarely seen before. Captured February 6, 2023, the infrared image showed 11 of the planet's 13 known rings — a stark contrast to Voyager 2's 1986 flyby, which showed little more than a featureless blue-green ball…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (332+ words) starlust.org NASA-funded "Slingshot" concept aims to map minerals on the Moon and beyond NASA has recently funded an early-stage spacecraft concept informally called "Slingshot" and officially named Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys. This project aims to scan the Moon, asteroids,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (923+ words) starlust.org Solar flares explained: What these giant explosions on the Sun mean for us Occasionally, a sudden burst of electromagnetic energy from highly active regions on the Sun can result in the sunlit side of the Earth being exposed…...