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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Cosmology

    Debate accelerates on universe’s expansion speed

    A puzzling mismatch is plaguing two methods for measuring how fast the universe is expanding.

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  2. Particle Physics

    Latest search for dark matter comes up empty

    Scientists continue to come up empty-handed in the search for dark matter. The latest effort from the LUX experiment found no evidence for dark matter.

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  3. Planetary Science

    40 years ago, Viking 1 pioneered U.S. exploration on Mars

    Forty years ago, Viking 1 became the first U.S. mission to land safely on the surface of Mars.

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  4. Astronomy

    Kepler tally grows: 104 more exoplanets confirmed

    Kepler space telescope adds another 104 planets to its growing census of worlds in our galaxy.

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  5. Astronomy

    Black hole born without stellar parent, evidence suggests

    A galaxy in the early universe might harbor the first known “direct collapse” black hole, one that forms when a cloud of gas collapses under its own weight without forming stars.

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  6. Planetary Science

    Juno snaps its first pic of Jupiter

    Jupiter and three of its moons take center stage in the first snapshot taken by the Juno spacecraft since arriving at the planet on July 4.

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  7. Planetary Science

    New dwarf planet discovered lurking beyond Neptune

    Newly discovered dwarf planet 2015 RR245 takes about 700 years to orbit the sun and lives among the icy boulders of the Kuiper belt.

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  8. Planetary Science

    New clues in search for Planet Nine

    Lots of unknowns remain as researchers try to pin down where a possible ninth planet might be hiding in the solar system.

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  9. Planetary Science

    The Juno spacecraft is now in orbit around Jupiter

    NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entered orbit around Jupiter, beginning a 20-month investigation of the giant planet’s interior.

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  10. Planetary Science

    The Juno spacecraft is now in orbit around Jupiter

    NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entered orbit around Jupiter, beginning a 20-month investigation of the giant planet’s interior.

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  11. Planetary Science

    Mars once had many moons

    Mars' moons might be the only two left of a larger family of satellites that helped them form in the wake of an asteroid collision.

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  12. Planetary Science

    Juno spacecraft is on its final approach to Jupiter

    Everything looks good for the Juno spacecraft, which arrives at Jupiter on July 4.

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