India loses contact with Mars orbiter: reports By Robert Lea published 3 October 22 India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) may have finally reached the end of its operations after eight years spent orbiting the Red Planet.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day By Space.com Staff published 3 October 22 The tiny cubesat that traveled with NASA's DART mission to the Didymos binary asteroid system to witness DART's collision with the rock snapped a picture of Earth and the moon.
Pregnancy in space: Studying stem cells in zero gravity may determine whether it's safe By Joanna Bridger, Emmanouil Karteris published 3 October 22
Major solar flare disrupts Hurricane Ian disaster response By Tereza Pultarova published 3 October 22 A major solar flare that erupted from the sun on Sunday caused a widespread radio blackout that may have affected emergency responders dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
Newborn volcanic island spotted from space (satellite photo) By Stefanie Waldek published 3 October 22 The NASA-USGS Landsat 9 satellite spotted an eruption at the Home Reef seamount in the Tonga Islands that produced a small island.
Can stringy physics rescue the universe from a catastrophic transformation? By Paul Sutter published 3 October 22 A new understanding inspired by string theory shows that our universe may be more stable than we previously thought.
Near-Earth asteroid Ryugu was born in the outer solar system 4 billion years ago By Robert Lea published 3 October 22 In 2019, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft collected samples from the asteroid Ryugu. Now, an analysis of these fragments has revealed Ryugu's history.
Scientists need your help to confirm Jupiter-like exoplanets By Stefanie Waldek published 3 October 22 Amateur astronomers can help verify discoveries by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.
Super-Earths are more common and more habitable than Earth. Astronomers are finding more of the billions out there. By Chris Impey published 2 October 22 Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system — they're called exoplanets.
Gamma rays from a dwarf galaxy solve an astronomical puzzle By Roland Crocker published 2 October 22 A glowing blob known as "the cocoon" has puzzled astronomers since it was discovered in 2012.
What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2022 By Tariq Malik published 2 October 22 Reference See the phase of the moon tonight and the rest of the moon phases for 2022, and when you can see them.
Rare diamonds suggest water lurks much deeper in Earth's interior than scientists thought By Rebecca Sohn published 2 October 22 Clues about water in Earth's deep interior were recently extracted from rare diamonds.
Missing element for life may be present in ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus By Keith Cooper published 2 October 22 The underground ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus may contain significant amounts of phosphorus, which is vital for life as we know it.
Space photos: The most amazing images this week! By Doris Elin Urrutia published 1 October 22 An astrophotographer takes an epic composite image of Jupiter, NASA slams a spacecraft into an asteroid, and Hurricane Ian is monitored from space. These are some of this week's top stories.
The top space stories of the week! By Doris Elin Urrutia published 1 October 22 NASA slams into an asteroid, astronomers analyze ancient mega-supernovas and an astronaut watches Hurricane Ian from space. These are some of this week's top stories.
Ancient solar eclipse records reveal how Earth's rotation has changed By Robert Lea published 1 October 22 Newly discovered records of solar eclipses seen in the Eastern Mediterranean reveal how Earth's motion has evolved.
New evidence for liquid water on Mars suggests the planet is geothermally active By Robert Lea published 30 September 22 Martian ice caps dip and rise and it may be evidence of liquid water lurking underneath them But what keeps that water from freezing?
What are wormholes? An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts through space-time By Dejan Stojkovic published 30 September 22 A wormhole is like a tunnel between two distant points in our universe that cuts the travel time from one point to the other.
Hurricane Ian regains strength, heads toward South Carolina as NASA's Florida spaceport recovers By Tariq Malik published 30 September 22 Hurricane Ian regained strength as it barreled toward South Carolina on Friday (Sept. 30) after passing over NASA's Kennedy Space center spaceport in Florida a day earlier.
Hubble Space Telescope spots protective shield against greedy Milky Way By Robert Lea published 30 September 22 An odd shield of supercharged gas protects dwarf galaxies from being ripped apart by the gravitational pull of the Milky Way, 30 years' worth of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope reveal.
