UK scientists believe they have identified the source of one of the rarest meteorites to ever fall on Earth. The Ivuna meteorite landed in Tanzania in December 1938 and was subsequently split into a number of samples – one of which is housed at the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London. Based on an analysis […]
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows at least 17 dust rings – resembling a fingerprint – created by a rare type of star and its companion, locked in a celestial dance. Sitting more than 5,000 light years from Earth, the duo is collectively known as Wolf-Rayet 140 (WR 140). Each […]
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows at least 17 dust rings – resembling a fingerprint – created by a rare type of star and its companion, locked in a celestial dance. Sitting more than 5,000 light years from Earth, the duo is collectively known as Wolf-Rayet 140 (WR 140). Each […]
The world’s first space tourist wants to go back – only this time, he has signed up for a spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship. For 82-year-old Dennis Tito, it is a chance to relive the joy of his trip to the International Space Station, now that he is retired with time on […]
A spacecraft that ploughed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, Nasa said on Tuesday as it announced the results of its save-the-world test. The space agency attempted the first test of its kind two weeks ago to see if in the future a killer rock could be […]
Scientists have used the most detailed supercomputer simulations yet to reveal an alternative explanation for the moon’s origin. The study suggests a giant impact could have formed a moon-like body more rapidly, placing it into orbit around the Earth. In their search for scenarios that could explain the Earth-moon system we know today, researchers at […]
Nasa’s Juno spacecraft has made the closest approach to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in more than 20 years. Juno on Thursday zipped within 222 miles of Europa, thought to have an ocean flowing beneath its thick frozen crust, raising the possibility of underwater life. Scientists hope to get lucky and observe possible water plumes shooting […]
Scientists have discovered new evidence suggesting there could be liquid water on Mars. The study, led by the University of Cambridge, provides the first independent line of evidence using data other than radar, that there is liquid water beneath Mars’ south polar ice cap. The research team, which included scientists from the University of Sheffield […]
Asteroid impacts on the moon millions of years ago coincided with some of the largest meteorite impacts on Earth, such as the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, research suggests. The study also found that major impact events on Earth did not happen in isolation, but were accompanied by a series of smaller impacts. Researchers […]
Nasa has successfully crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid as part of a planetary protection test mission. While this asteroid – named Dimorphos – posed no threat to Earth, the aim of the mission was to demonstrate that dangerous incoming rocks can be deflected by deliberately smashing into them. “IMPACT SUCCESS!” Nasa tweeted after […]
