Tag: solar system
Europa’s Ocean Ascending
In a new study by the NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, scientists studied new animation that demonstrates how deformation in the icy surface of Europa...
Ultrahigh-pressure laser experiments enlightens cores of super-Earth exoplanets
Researchers have identified more than 2,000 of these "super-Earths," exoplanets that are bigger than Earth, however, smaller than Neptune. By examining how iron and...
Marsquakes could shake up planetary science
How are planets born?
The answer to this question is the biggest mystery that various scientists are trying to solve. Now, NASA scientists are also...
NASA Fires up Voyager 1 Thrusters After 37 Years
Voyager 1, NASA's most remote and quickest spacecraft is the only man-made protest in interstellar space. The spacecraft, which has flown for a long time, depends...
Scientists Detected Solar System’s First Interstellar Visitor
For the first time, scientists have detected an asteroid that has entered the Solar System from interstellar space. Their data suggest that this rocky and cigar-shaped...
What Creates Eerie Whistling Sounds in Space?
There are solar-energized particles trapped around the planet. Those particles sometimes lead to beautiful auroral displays. Scientists are aware of it but they are still unknown...
Mars Study Yields Clues to Possible Cradle of Life
Scientists have recently discovered the evidence for ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits on Mars. Thus, they are now investigating an area on the planet that may...
Uncovering the Mysteries of the Solar System: Simone Marchi Awarded 2017 Paolo Farinella Prize
Our solar system is comprised of the sun and everything that revolves around it including planets, asteroids, etc. Understanding or uncovering mysteries of the solar system could...
Are We Being Watched? Tens of Other Worlds could Spot the Earth
Scientists at the Queen’s University Belfast along with Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany have recently found that at least 9...