Pluto's 'almost twin' dwarf planet Eris has a rocky core blanketed by an icy shell, which appears to be flexing slowly.
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Will Wide Binaries Be the End of MOND?
It’s a fact that many of us have churned out during public engagement events; that at least 50% of all stars are part of binary star systems. Some of them are simply stunning to look at, others present headaches with complex orbits in multiple star systems. Now it seems wide binary stars are starting to shake the foundations of physics as they question the very theory of gravity.
How Perseverance rover captured its youngest samples from Mars' Dream Lake (video)
A new NASA video explains how the Perseverance Rover may have collected its youngest rock sample yet from the Red Planet's Jezero Crater.
Stratolaunch's huge Roc plane flies with fueled-up hypersonic vehicle for 1st time (photos)
Stratolaunch's giant Roc airplane conducted its first-ever captive-carry flight with a fueled Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle on Sunday (Dec. 3).
SpaceX buys parachute manufacturer Pioneer Aerospace
SpaceX has acquired Pioneer Aerospace, a company that provided components for Dragon spacecraft parachutes before filing for bankruptcy.
James Webb Space Telescope gazes into 'The Brick,' a dark nebula near the Milky Way's heart
A dark nebula, also known as "The Brick," was imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Europa Clipper Could Help Discover if Jupiter's Moon is Habitable
Since 1979, when the Voyager probes flew past Jupiter and its system of moons, scientists have speculated about the possibility of life within Europa. Based on planetary modeling, Europa is believed to be differentiated between a rocky and metallic core, an icy crust and mantle, and a warm water ocean up to 100 km (62 mi) in depth. Scientists theorize that this ocean is maintained by tidal flexing, where interaction with Jupiter’s powerful gravitational field leads to geological activity in Europa’s core and hydrothermal vents at the core-mantle boundary.
Historic magnetic storms help scientists learn what to expect when one hits
Magnetic storms can create amazing auroras, but they also have the capacity to impact our power grid.
NASA's Interstellar Mapping Probe Prepares for a 2025 Launch
Engineers at NASA have completed an important milestone in developing the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft. It’s now moving from development and design to the assembly, testing, and integration phase, targeting a launch in late Spring 2025. After launch, the spacecraft will fly to the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrange Point and analyze how the Sun’s solar wind interacts with charged particles originating from outside the Solar System.
The Predator returns in Marvel Comics' 'The Last Hunt' miniseries
The galaxy's most notorious alien bounty hunter returns in Marvel Comics' "Predator: The Last Hunt #1" coming in February 2024.
A cosmic 'fossil record' could be hidden among orphaned stars
The upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory will help astronomers track stars ripped from their galaxies, revealing a cosmic fossil record to track the evolution of galactic clusters.
Mighty morphin' Centaur rings — a distant icy object's rings are transforming
What is causing the structure of the dust to evolve, and where exactly the dust comes from, is still a mystery.
Huginn inflight call with Andreas Mogensen and ESERO Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland
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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen called several ESERO establishments in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland where over 1000 students were waiting to ask questions about life in space and how science on the International Space Station can benefit life on Earth. Check it out to learn more about how water is recycled on the Space Station and what you need to be a good astronaut.
The elusive origins of long gamma-ray bursts may finally be revealed
New research helps resolve the mystery surrounding strange long gamma-ray bursts, suggesting these blasts of high-energy radiation emerge from collisions of neutron stars that birth black holes.
Space mysteries: Why are there no gas moons?
In our solar system we have rocky moons, ocean moons and frozen-ice moons, but there are no gas moons. Are we just unlucky not to have any gas moons, or are there physical reasons why they cannot exist?
NASA to train Indian astronauts for a week-long trip to ISS in 2024
NASA will train two Indian astronauts, one of whom will fly to the ISS late next year, a space agency official announced this week.
Strange 'blob' circling Milky Way's central black hole is shooting powerful radiation at Earth every 76 minutes
Regular high-energy pulses of gamma-ray radiation emerging from around the Milky Way's central black hole may be coming from a blob of matter whipping around at 30% the speed of light.
Astronomers Discover 562 New Candidate Strong Lenses With Machine Learning
An international research collaboration trained computers to sift through millions of images for cosmic treasure.
Near-Earth asteroids: Hunting and tracking upcoming encounters
Here we explore whether there are any upcoming asteroid encounters and how NASA and other space agencies actively monitor near-Earth asteroids that have the potential to hit our planet.
ESA and UNEP collaborate for a greener future
In a significant step towards a more sustainable future, ESA and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding during Earth Information Day at COP28 currently taking place in Dubai.
Contract secures next step for TRUTHS climate mission
Delegates from around 200 countries are convened at the United Nations COP28 summit in Dubai to assess the action they are taking to combat the climate crisis. With satellites fundamental to understanding and monitoring climate change, ESA has awarded a contract to Airbus to take the TRUTHS satellite mission to its next development phase.
