Planetary formation theory has been undergoing a lot of changes recently, with an ever expanding litany of events that can potentially impact it. Everything from gravity to magnetic fields seems to impact this complex process. Now scientists want to add another confounding factor – massive solar flares thousands of times more powerful than the most powerful we have ever observed from the Sun.
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A lander on Jupiter's icy moon Europa may have to dig at least 1 foot down to find signs of life
Robots may have to dig relatively deep on Jupiter's ocean moon Europa to have a shot of finding signs of alien life, a new study suggests.
Blue Origin will launch billionaire Jeff Bezos into space on July 20. Here's how to watch.
New Shepard is set to go to space July 20 carrying a crew including Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, and you can watch the whole thing live.
A 'wobble' in the moon's orbit could result in record flooding in the 2030s, new study finds
Coastal flooding could quadruple in the US in the 2030s, a new study of the lunar cycle and sea level rise finds.
NASA is mapping out plans for bigger, more capable Mars helicopters
Given the highly successful and ongoing flights of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, engineers are turning their attention to future aerial craft for the Red Planet.
The best space board games of 2021
A gift guide for space fans who love game nights
A Nearby White Dwarf Might be About to Collapse Into a Neutron Star
About 97% of all stars in our Universe are destined to end their lives as white dwarf stars, which represents the final stage in their evolution. Like neutron stars, white dwarfs form after stars have exhausted their nuclear fuel and undergo gravitational collapse, shedding their outer layers to become super-compact stellar remnants. This will be the fate of our Sun billions of years from now, which will swell up to become a red giant before losing its outer layers.
The best Star Trek gifts and deals for 2021
Drones, books, games, toys and more dominate the multispecies Federation universe
Using Saturn’s Rings to Figure out What’s Inside the Planet
It’s tough to see inside of Saturn, because the atmosphere is opaque to all wavelengths of radiation. We have to rely on computer simulations and physics-based guesswork to try to understand the interior of that giant world. But researchers are becoming more adept at a different technique: looking for the slightest motions in the rings of Saturn.
Elon Musk will fly to space with Virgin Galactic: reports
Richard Branson apparently won't be the only space billionaire to fly with Virgin Galactic.
Always bring mementos: Richard Branson reveals Unity 22 keepsakes
Richard Branson carried snapshots of his parents and kids with him to suborbital space Sunday (July 11) on the "Unity 22" test flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity vehicle.
Join our Space.com Forums giveaway to win a space shuttle Endeavour model!
You can win a scale model of NASA's space shuttle Endeavour or a sweet space t-shirt in Space.com Forum giveaway this month.
Wildfires ravage Greek island of Evia
Here you'll find accompanying finder charts/images for Steve Gottlieb's article in the October 2021 issue of Sky & Telescope.
Going Deep October 2021: Finder Charts
Use these finders to locate the Arp targets discussed in the Going Deep column in the October 2021 issue.
Amazing Virgin Galactic video shows Richard Branson's Unity 22 crew soaring into space
New camera views from the cockpit and carrier launch plane follow Richard Branson on his debut flight on a Virgin Galactic spaceship.
Russia's new Nauka module readied for launch to International Space Station
Russia's Nauka laboratory module is now slated to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 21.
Apple TV+ delivers mindblowing new trailer for 'Foundation' sci-fi TV series
Isaac Asimov's seminal sci-fi saga, "Foundation," arrives on Apple TV+ with major stars, massive spaceships, and the tragic fall of a dynastic empire.
Dozens of starless 'rogue' alien planets possibly spotted
Astronomers have spotted more strange "free-floating" planets that could roam deep space untethered to any star.
SpaceX’s new Dragon spaceship named ‘Freedom’
If it were’t for an enormous halo of dark matter enveloping our galaxy, the spin-rate of our central bar should stay pretty constant. But researchers have recently inferred that it has slowed down by almost 25% since its formation, a clear sign of the presence of dark matter.
These are the best astronomy images of 2021
The best astronomy photos of 2021 invite the eye upward and outward, bringing stunning views such as auroras above Earth and visions of a stellar nursery
Can we explain dark matter by adding more dimensions to the universe?
Dark matter could be even weirder than anyone thought, say cosmologists who are suggesting this mysterious substance could interact with itself in a higher dimensional universe.
