Mysterious stripes spotted over Russia in satellite images — and NASA is perplexed By Brandon Specktor Scientists can't agree on why these hills in the Russian Arctic ripple with stripes.
The top space stories of the week! By Doris Elin Urrutia These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
Giant crack frees a massive iceberg in Antarctica By Yasemin Saplakoglu This dramatic breakup comes after a major crack formed on the shelf in November 2020 and continued to grow.
'Harbor Seal Rock' on Mars and other new sights intrigue Perseverance rover scientists By Mike Wall NASA's Perseverance rover has landed in a rich scientific hunting ground, if its first good look around is any guide.
Cosmologists create 4,000 virtual universes to solve Big Bang mystery By Stephanie Pappas Cosmologists simulated 4,000 versions of the universe in order to understand what its structure today tells us about its origins.
Here's what we know about planetary protection on China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission By Meghan Bartels In anticipation of China's first Mars landing attempt, scientists are wondering whether the Tianwen-1 rover may carry Earthly contamination with it to the surface.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe captures stunning Venus photo during close flyby By Meghan Bartels NASA's Parker Solar Probe nailed its fourth swing past Venus on Feb. 20, and mission scientists celebrated by releasing a stunning image captured during a similar maneuver in July.
China offers 1st glimpse inside Chang'e 5 moon rock sample By Andrew Jones China has revealed the first images of lunar samples from its Chang'e 5 mission following a meeting between China's president and mission representatives.
Astrophysicists create the most accurate 'flat map' of Earth ever By Laura Geggel Cartographers have struggled to map Earth accurately in 2D for centuries.
Martian dust storms may spark electric purple glow By Brandon Specktor Colliding dust particles on Mars probably produce static electricity, a new experiment reveals.
NASA's Perseverance rover watched as its sky crane crashed on Mars (photo) By Mike Wall The Perseverance Mars rover's "sky crane" descent stage made the ultimate sacrifice last week, and we now have a photo to memorialize the flying robot's heroic death.
Perseverance rover snaps gorgeous HD panorama of Mars landing site By Mike Wall Perseverance has captured a high-definition, 360-degree panorama of its surroundings on the floor of Mars' Jezero Crater, which harbored a lake and a river delta billions of years ago.
Space Chat with Space.com: Tune in Fridays for science, space and more! By Chelsea Gohd This Friday (Feb. 26), "Space Chat" will explore NASA's Perseverance rover, what's on board and the incredible sights, sounds and discoveries that have so far come from the mission.
The search for dark matter gets a speed boost from quantum technology By Benjamin Brubaker Nearly a century after dark matter was first proposed to explain the motion of galaxy clusters, physicists still have no idea what it’s made of.
Scintillating discovery: These distant 'baby' black holes seem to be misbehaving — and experts are perplexed By Kathryn Ross, Natasha Hurley-Walker Radio images of the sky have revealed hundreds of “baby” and supermassive black holes in distant galaxies, with the galaxies’ light bouncing around in unexpected ways.
What is the cosmological constant? By Adam Mann What we know about the history and properties of "Einstein's biggest mistake," the cosmological constant
Listen to the Mars wind blow in these 1st sounds from the Perseverance rover By Mike Wall The recording, which features mechanical whirring from the Perseverance rover and the rustle of a Mars breeze, is the first true audio ever captured on the surface of Mars.
Were the Mars moons Phobos and Deimos born from another shattered moon? By Charles Q. Choi The Mars moons Phobos and Deimos have been born from the remains of a larger moon that shattered.
'Ghostly' neutrino from star-shredding black hole reveals cosmic particle accelerator of epic proportions By Charles Q. Choi A ghostly particle that smashed into Antarctica in 2019 has been traced back to a black hole tearing apart a star while acting like a giant cosmic particle accelerator, a new study finds.
