Ancient Meteorite Reveals Strong Magnetic Field That Helped Build the Solar System
Grains in one of the oldest known meteorites show magnetism worked alongside gravity in the first 200,000 years of the solar system.
Sep 25, 20260 views
Astronomy
NASA Advances Cosmic Vision: Roman Sees Starlight, PRIMA Wins Selection
Roman Space Telescope is in space and has detected starlight, but first images won't arrive until 2027; PRIMA far-infrared probe advances to Phase B.
Sep 24, 20260 views
Astronomers Confirm Elias 2-24 b, the Youngest Planet Ever Seen — and It's Still Forming
A Jupiter-size world less than a million years old is orbiting far from its star, forcing theorists to rethink how giant planets are born.
Sep 17, 20261 views
JWST Reveals Chariklo's Rings Are Changing Faster Than Expected
The tiny centaur between Saturn and Uranus is the smallest known body with a ring system — and new Webb data show both rings shifting in opacity over just a few years.
Sep 17, 20261 views
NASA Orbiter Spots Largest New Moon Crater, a Once-in-a-Century Impact
The 728-foot-wide McGetchin crater formed in 2024 when a building-sized object struck the Moon, the largest newly formed crater ever found.
Sep 16, 20262 views
NASA's Roman Space Telescope Has Fuel for 22 Years, Doubling Expectations
The $4.3 billion observatory launched on a Falcon Heavy will outlive its planned mission thanks to an almost perfectly executed trajectory.
Sep 16, 20261 views
Venus's dark ultraviolet clouds: New calculations narrow mystery absorber's light-absorption range
New calculations constrain how strongly the material behind Venus's dark ultraviolet patterns must absorb light, narrowing a century-old mystery.
Sep 13, 20261 views
NASA's Chandra Releases Gallery of 16 'Galactic Gems' Spanning the Universe
Working with Hubble and Webb, the X-ray observatory unveils multi-wavelength portraits of colliding galaxies, including the furious merger II Zw 096.
Sep 11, 20262 views
Webb Detects Water and Dust Around a Dying Star Beside the Milky Way's Black Hole
Mid-infrared observations of IRS 3 reveal oxygen-rich silicate dust and a first-of-its-kind water signature in a stellar envelope just steps from Sagittarius A*.
Sep 10, 20261 views
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Bursts with Methanol, Revealing Alien Origins
ALMA detects exceptionally high methanol levels and icy grains that act like miniature comets, suggesting 3I/ATLAS formed in a unique cosmic environment.
Sep 9, 20261 views
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