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New Horizons data shows the solar wind slows 13% to 15% in the outer heliosphere as it picks up interstellar material.
New Horizons reveals how interstellar material steadily slows the solar wind near the edge of the solar system.
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New research finds deep-crater nuclear blasts could deflect dangerous large asteroids faster than direct-impact methods.
SpaceDeep-crater nuclear blasts could defend Earth against asteroidsJoshua Shavit
New study suggests interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS formed about 12 billion years ago in an extremely cold environment.
Space12 billion years old interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be older than the solar systemJoseph Shavit
New ultra-black coating cuts stray light on starshades, improving future exoplanet imaging.
SpaceNew ultra-black coating could help astronomers search for alien lifeJoshua Shavit
Juno spotted bead-like auroras on Ganymede, suggesting Earth-like magnetic processes may shape the Jovian moon’s glowing skies.
SpaceStrange beads of light on Ganymede look strikingly like Earth’s aurorasJoseph Shavit
Seismic data suggest Mars built complex magma systems deep underground without plate tectonics, reshaping ideas about habitable worlds.
SpaceEnormous, Earth-like magma systems once existed inside MarsJoseph Shavit
New study argues time may emerge from quantum entanglement rather than exist as a fundamental backdrop.
SpaceTime may be an illusion derived from quantum entanglementShy Cohen
The loudest black hole merger yet revealed a fading signal from near the event horizon, giving astronomers a new way to probe extreme gravity.
SpaceBlack hole collision lets scientists probe the event horizon for the first timeJoseph Shavit
Philosophers argue consciousness may arise in alien bodies or future machines, not just Earth’s flesh-and-blood biology.
SpaceCould alien minds be conscious? A new paper says yesJoshua Shavit
This illustration depicts the Sun-like star TOI-791 and two giant planets that NASA's TESS space telescope discovered in its orbit. These planets, designated TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c, are roughly the size of Jupiter
SpaceNASA discovers the ‘puffiest’ two planets in our universeJoseph Shavit
This composite infrared image of Saturn’s moon Titan was captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during its T-114 flyby on November 13, 2015.
SpaceJWST spots the same unexplained chemical signal on Titan and PlutoJoshua Shavit
A new analysis suggests a ring wormhole could, in theory, form closed timelike curves under the right gravitational conditions.
SpaceWormholes may enable time travel, astrophysicists findJoseph Shavit
Asteroid impacts may have shaped early Earth into a network of hydrothermal systems that supported life’s beginnings.
SpaceViolent asteroid impacts may have helped spark life on early EarthJoseph Shavit
Lucy found asteroid Donaldjohanson wobbling, scarred by impacts and rich in water-altered minerals from an ancient breakup.
SpaceNASA’s Lucy spacecraft finds asteroid Donaldjohanson is tumbling through spaceShy Cohen
DF9 appears to lack dark matter, joining two other galaxies in a rare linear trail that may have formed in a violent collision.
SpaceAstronomers discover faint dwarf galaxy that seems to exist without dark matterJoseph Shavit
This technology revolutionizes the way satellites are sent into space, using a giant rotating arm to fling satellites into low Earth orbit.
SpaceSpinLaunch looks to slingshot satellites into spaceJoshua Shavit
New models suggest Earth may avoid being swallowed by the dying sun, though its fate still depends on uncertain stellar mass loss.
SpaceEarth may not be swallowed by our dying sun after all, study findsJoseph Shavit