Scientists Explore Role of Space Radiation in Powering Alien Microbial Life
The search for alien life traditionally focuses on planets in the “Goldilocks zone” — the orbital band where surface water…
Tag: Jupiter
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Enters International Space Station, Joins Expedition 73
Expedition 73 welcomed Crew-11 in an early morning port visit at 3:46 a.m. EDT when the hatches between the International…
ESA JUICE Mission Scans Jupiter’s Lunar Crater in Test Run for Alien Life
One of history’s most famous space photographs transformed a lunar crater, and now it has shown researchers how to look…
NASA Data Shows Pluto’s Equator Is Lined with Towering Methane Ice Spires
The skyscraper size of methane ice might cover around 60% of the equatorial region of Pluto, a larger area than…
Doomed Exoplanet TOI-2109b Spirals Toward Its Star with Three Possible Fates
The gas giant TOI-2109b is more than five times as massive as Jupiter, and resides in a perilous orbit 870…
Unusual Plasma Waves Above Jupiter’s North Pole Can Possibly Be Explained
In recent observations, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has significantly detected the presence of a variety of plasma waves. The emergence of…
NASA Engineers Rescue JunoCam with Deep-Space Heating Hack
NASA’s Juno spacecraft, in orbit around Jupiter, had a huge problem when its JunoCam imager started to fail after sitting…
Chandra Spots Distant Baby Planet Losing Its Atmosphere Under Intense X-ray Assault
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered a Jupiter-sized exoplanet that is being fried by the radiation from its…
Young Exoplanet Spotted Shedding Atmosphere Under Stellar Radiation
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, together with data from the Hubble Space Telescope, has revealed a “baby” exoplanet rapidly losing its…
Crystalline Ice Discovered in Space: New Study Reveals Hidden Order in Cosmic Ice
Water ice coats many outer solar system bodies – from Jupiter’s icy moon Ganymede (above) to interstellar dust. On Earth,…