Mysterious mineral on Mars was spat out by an explosive eruption 3 billion years ago
A mysterious Martian mineral that has perplexed scientists since its discovery seven years ago may have been spat out during an unusual volcanic eruption, researchers have revealed….
How did the moon form? A supercomputer may have just found the answer
The moon could have formed immediately after a cataclysmic impact that tore off a chunk of Earth and hurled it into space, a new study has suggested….
1 million-mile-long plasma plume shoots out of the sun in stunning photo
An astrophotographer has captured a hauntingly beautiful image of a massive plume of plasma shooting out of the sun. The fiery filament, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME),…
Monstrously huge black hole devours an Earth-size chunk of matter every second
Astronomers have detected the brightest and fastest-growing black hole to have existed in the last 9 billion years. The enormous cosmic entity is 3 billion times more…
Surprise solar storm with ‘disruptive potential’ slams into Earth
Scientists were recently left scratching their heads after a “potentially disruptive” solar storm smashed into Earth without warning. The surprise solar storm hit Earth just before midnight UTC June…
Two skyscraper-size asteroids are barreling toward Earth
Two skyscraper-size asteroids are zooming toward Earth this weekend, with one making its closest approach on Friday (July 29) and the second whizzing by on Saturday (July…
One of the most extreme black hole collisions in the universe just proved Einstein right
Researchers studying the aftermath of a gargantuan black hole collision may have confirmed a gravitational phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago. According to new research published today…
Red supergiant star recovering after blowing its Top
Analyzing data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and several other observatories, astronomers have concluded that the bright red supergiant star Betelgeuse quite literally blew its top in…
Tonga eruption blasted unprecedented amount of water into stratosphere
This looping video shows an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022. The GOES-17 satellite captured the…
In a first, NASA Mars lander feels shockwaves from meteor impacts
Though nearing its end, the plucky InSight lander is still doing groundbreaking science—including the first observations of their kind on the red planet. On the red planet…