12+ hour, 22+ min ago  (423+ words) New research suggests NASA's New Horizons spacecraft could soon reach a critical boundary where the Sun's influence begins to fade into interstellar space. Scientists see a rare opportunity ahead. Only Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have crossed major heliospheric boundaries and entered…...

14+ hour, 23+ min ago  (638+ words) A rare brown dwarf with an extreme orbit appears to have sculpted a planetary system that challenges some of astronomy's most established ideas about planet formation. "This discovery provides a crucial insight into how planets form even around massive, eccentric…...

14+ hour, 23+ min ago  (464+ words) Researchers are exploring whether a series of targeted technologies could gradually transform Mars into a more habitable world for future generations. Kite emphasized the scale of the challenge during discussions surrounding the project. As he explained, "Creating sustainable habitats and…...

16+ hour, 21+ min ago  (616+ words) Scientists found the magnetic "Railroad tracks" guiding gas toward massive star formation, revealing how a giant stellar nursery continues to grow. Astronomers have mapped the magnetic field inside DR21, one of the most active star-forming regions near the Sun, and found…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (687+ words) A newly discovered bow-and-arrow-shaped radio galaxy may offer one of the clearest views ever of a giant cosmic shockwave forming as a galaxy plunges into a cluster environment....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (621+ words) New observations reveal that the peculiar "ears" of planetary nebula NGC 6563 formed thousands of years before the main nebula, challenging long-standing assumptions about its evolution. Located about 5, 400 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, NGC 6563 has intrigued astronomers since its discovery…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (584+ words) Often overlooked because of their small size, mosses have survived on Earth for hundreds of millions of years. A new study suggests they may have been keeping an important biological secret all along. Mosses have long been seen as the…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (277+ words) A new generation of simulations is allowing scientists to investigate some of the deepest unanswered questions about what happened before the Big Bang. That limitation has fueled decades of debate over competing theories, including cosmic inflation, cyclic universes, bouncing cosmologies,…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (619+ words) A faint glow from the center of the Milky Way is forcing astronomers to revisit one of space science's most debated questions. Could the latest analysis finally close the case? A strange gamma-ray emission from the center of the Milky…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (731+ words) Scientists have found a promising way for astronauts to produce their own medicine when resupply from Earth is no longer possible. Future astronauts heading to the Moon or Mars could eventually produce certain medicines using plants grown onboard their spacecraft…...