In this illustration of an extremely bright X-ray source, two rivers of hot gas are being…
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China’s Zhurong Mars rover is detecting signs of recent water activity on the red planet
Scientists studying data from China’s Zhurong rover first discovered cracked layers on the young dunes of…
Life in the ocean’s “twilight zone” is threatened by climate change
(CNN) One of the largest habitats on Earth could see its rich diversity of life diminished…
Quaoar had one “impossible” ring, then astronomers found two
why does it matter Scientists still don’t fully understand how dust and gas in the early…
Billions of tons of plasma from the Sun are set to hit Earth today
A massive explosion on the surface of the Sun this week released billions of tons of…
Watch SpaceX launch 46 Starlink satellites today after a delay
Update for April 26th at 9:50 AM EST (1450 GMT): SpaceX is now targeting no later…
Astronomers take the first direct image of a black hole exploding a jet
Astronomers have taken the first direct image of a black hole as it spews out a…
Astronomers solve a 60-year-old mystery of quasars – the most powerful objects in the universe
Illustration of a quasar and a galaxy surrounding the quasar. According to research by scientists at…
The comet-like asteroid tail isn’t made of dust
This illustration depicts the asteroid Phaethon being heated by the Sun. The surface of the asteroid…
NASA’s InSight probe reveals the red planet’s liquid core
This artist’s concept shows a cutaway of Mars, along with the tracks of seismic waves from…