Inner planets did not form from the same material as the sun
Solar nebulae ‘fossils’ suggest that the sun and the inner planets did not form from the same materials, according to researchers.
Black hole jets snapped
The best-ever snapshot of galactic jets has been taken using multiple telescopes.
Deep fractures on Martian surface
Images from Mars Express reveal more about the surface of the red planet.
Spiders in space II
It sounds like it should be a black-and-white horror movie, not a scientific investigation.
Searching for the Milky Way’s elusive giants
Despite their size, the massive stars of the Milky Way are hard to spot.
Discovering Wassonite
On December 1969, the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition found several meteorites in the Yamato Mountains in Antarctica.
Spacebound bacteria provide a key to microbial virulence
Salmonella has made a trip on a space shuttle to help researchers understand diseases on Earth.
Elephants’ trunks in outer space
Several elephant trunks have been spotted lining up along the edges of a cosmic hole.
New view of star development in the North American Nebula
Babies, toddlers and young adult stars can now be seen in a new image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
