Space Frontiers

Lava planet has hydrogen-rich, active atmosphere

41 light-years away, lava planet 55 Cnc e has a hydrogen-rich, active atmosphere.

Young stellar activity drives galactic evolution across the universe

18,000 star-forming regions reveal how young stars shape galaxies across the cosmos.

Flipped quantum interference unlocks clearer gluon maps from near-miss nuclear encounters

Near-miss gold-ion collisions reveal sharp new gluon maps at RHIC.

Mars mission simulations reveal key to teamwork under pressure

50-second communication delays improved team performance by 40% with new strategies.

Supernova origins explored through primordial black holes

4 isotopes and 3 supernova remnants reveal primordial black holes may trigger star explosions

'High-res' is the secret to finding alien life with the next great space telescope

12x sharper than JWST, new tech could reveal alien atmospheres by 2040.

Groundbreaking US astronaut Christina Koch wins top Spanish award

Astronaut traveled 406,771 km from Earth—the farthest any human has gone.

MIT Open Learning reaches all the way to the South Pole

4 MIT physics courses are being studied at the South Pole during 10 months of isolation.

Quantum sensor overcomes major obstacle in search for dark matter and gravitational waves

Quantum sensor cancels laser noise, unlocking dark matter and gravitational wave detection.

Payload electronics and flight software being developed for NASA's Landsat 10 spacecraft

Landsat 10 will process ~1.8 gigabits of data per second, a major leap in Earth observation.

Mineral garnet discovered in Mars meteorite may reveal how the red planet evolved billions of years ago

First-ever garnet found in Martian sample opens new window into the planet's 4.5-billion-year histor

Quantum Hall effect gains a new twist in graphene moiré systems

New quantum oscillation discovered in twisted graphene—linked to electron wave geometry.

Dark matter cannot be ruled out as cause of gamma ray glow at the Milky Way's center, machine learning shows

Machine learning reveals 35,000 pulsars may explain Milky Way's gamma glow.

NASA's Webb catches exoplanet getting roasted

Webb sees exoplanet heat up by 1,100°F in hours—4x Jupiter's mass, extreme orbit.

Radar echoes from Europa reveal secrets beneath the ice

13-year radar study of Europa reveals clean, porous ice with unusually strong radar echoes.

Oddball exoplanet challenges what it means to be a hot Jupiter

10+ years of mystery solved: CoRoT-2 b isn't tidally locked like other hot Jupiters.

Tracing a neutrino ghost to a distant 'shadow blaster' galaxy

A neutrino from 11 billion light-years away traced to the 'Shadow Blaster' galaxy.

He once scored 51 marks in Maths, now owns a space company worth $1.1 billion. Meet 35-year-old rocket man who gave up ISRO job - The Economic Times

From 51 in Maths to a $1.1B space company: Pawan Chandana's rocket rise.

Q&A: Boosting NASA's Swift Observatory to support continued space observation

1,760 gamma-ray bursts and counting—NASA's Swift gets a life-extending boost from a first-of-its-kin

Webb and Hubble reveal the history of a relic of Milky Way's formation

4 star populations found in Terzan 5, reshaping Milky Way's origin story.