Why haven’t humans colonized other planets yet?  While we dream of expanding across the solar system, there are hidden and complex barriers in our way. This video dives into the scientific, technical ...
The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship. But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn ...
"Something strange is happening on the outskirts of our Solar System. It could be a large ...
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...
The closest star to Earth is also the best studied, but only recently have we truly begun to uncover its secrets.
Tens of thousands of Victorian homes with solar panels are about to have their ... property owners have installed a renewable energy system. Victoria is also outpaced by South Australia in terms ...
When the comet passes through the inner solar system, it sheds rocky dust and ice that produce the Orionids in October and the Eta Aquarids in May, if they collide with Earth’s atmosphere.
face. Around Halloween 2021, NASA launched the Lucy mission on a journey to a part of our solar system that has swarms of mysterious Trojan asteroids. And the spacecraft is actually named for a ...
A 12-year-old hunched over the table, doodling with highlighters on scrap paper as his public defender made the case that Minnesota’s mental health treatment system has failed him. The boy ...
Since some of those space rocks date back to the very early days of our solar system—and have remained unchanged since their formation—they can provide clues about the environment in which our ...
“This increase in activity provides an exciting opportunity to learn about our closest star − but also causes real effects at Earth and throughout our solar system.” This peak of activity is ...