2+ day, 8+ 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…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (445+ words) When we think about how everything would come to an end, we often imagine that the universe would slowly fade into dark nothingness over time. But there’s a theory, famously known as the Big Rip, that says it could end…...

2+ day, 17+ 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…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (558+ words) starlust.org Nine flybys and six billion miles: ESA shares thrilling footage from BepiColombo's eight-year voyage The BepiColombo entered its tricky 'Mercury arrival phase' just last week after eight long years of interplanetary journey. So far, it has completed nine…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (687+ words) "Never encountered objects that act like this": NASA’s Chandra reveals a new class of cosmic objects starlust.org "Never encountered objects that act like this": NASA’s Chandra reveals a new class of cosmic objects Scientists have found an entirely new…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (671+ words) starlust.org Could the Moon be hiding signs of ancient alien technology? SETI scientist proposes how we might find them Researchers have argued that rather than peering at objects light-years away from Earth, signs of ancient extraterrestrial civilizations may be…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (460+ words) starlust.org Did Venus once have a moon? Scientists think the planet may have destroyed it Earth and Venus are considered twins because of their similar size, mass, and even rocky composition. But one of the things that sets them…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (213+ words) NASA's James Webb Space Telescope imaged the central region of the Chameleon I dark molecular cloud, about 630 light-years away, revealing the coldest, darkest ices ever measured inside a star-forming cloud. Beyond simple water ice, astronomers identified frozen ammonia — naturally present…...

2+ day, 20+ 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…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (437+ words) About 30 years ago, scientists made a discovery that changed what we thought we knew about the universe. They discovered that our universe was expanding instead of slowing down. And this expansion, in fact, was speeding up. But the story didn't…...