
Planets
A distant crumbling planet spills its guts
Based on the light being emitted by its shed minerals, astronomers can for the first time determine the internal composition of an exoplanet.
Come explore with us!
Based on the light being emitted by its shed minerals, astronomers can for the first time determine the internal composition of an exoplanet.
Scientists made a device that converts the greenhouse gas into formate. This salt can then run a fuel cell to make electricity.
An underground instrument known as ‘G’ uses laser beams to measure Earth’s rotation — a gauge of day length — with extreme precision.
The sun will be near the peak of its activity cycle during the eclipse on April 8, 2024. That will make it a great time to crowdsource solar research.
But should moon time be like Earth time — or quite different? At issue: The moon’s lesser gravity will make seconds there tick faster than on Earth.
Equinoxes and solstices mark the maximums, minimums and mediums of hours spent in daylight.
A pole is either of two opposite ends of a molecule, magnet, battery, planet or other object.
Volcanic eruptions billions of years ago may have produced several temporary atmospheres on the moon that held water vapor.
Eyelash-like radio filaments accent the brightest feature in this image — a supermassive black hole.
In a dozen years or so, the tide-enhancing effects of a wobble in the moon’s orbit should lead to dramatically higher sea levels in some coastal cities.