Space

  1. Particle Physics

    One particle’s trek suggests that ‘spacetime foam’ doesn’t slow neutrinos

    Neutrinos and light travel at essentially the same speed, as predicted.

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  2. Astronomy

    Move over, Hubble. This sharp pic of Neptune was taken from Earth

    A new strategy at the Very Large Telescope lets astronomers take space telescope–quality pictures from the ground.

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  3. Planetary Science

    Jupiter has 12 more moons than we knew about — and one is bizarre

    Astronomers found a dozen previously unknown moons of Jupiter, and one may be a remnant of a larger moon that was all but ground to dust.

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  4. Planetary Science

    First global maps of Pluto and Charon show the worlds’ highs and lows

    New charts of Pluto and its moon Charon, compiled using New Horizons’ data, reveal high peaks, deep depressions and strange ridges.

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  5. Particle Physics

    50 years ago, neutrinos ghosted scientists

    In the last half-century, neutrino detectors have spotted particles cast out by the sun, supernova 1987A and a supermassive black hole.

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  6. Particle Physics

    A high-energy neutrino has been traced to its galactic birthplace

    The high-energy particle was born in a blazar 4 billion light-years away, scientists report.

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  7. Astronomy

    The ecosystem that controls a galaxy’s future is coming into focus

    An invisible cloak called the circumgalactic medium controls a galaxy’s life and death.

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  8. Astronomy

    See this star nursery shine in a stunning new infrared image

    A newly released image of star cluster RCW 38 shows the intricate details of wisps of gas and dust surrounding newborn stars.

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  9. Astronomy

    NASA’s Parker probe is about to get up close and personal with the sun

    The Parker Solar Probe is about to make a historic voyage to touch the sun.

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  10. Astronomy

    Astronomers snap the first baby pictures of a planet

    New telescope images give the clearest view of an exoplanet embryo yet.

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  11. Astronomy

    Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft arrives at the asteroid Ryugu

    The Hayabusa2 spacecraft says “hello” to near-Earth asteroid Ryugu.

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  12. Planetary Science

    Mars got its crust quickly

    The Martian crust had solidified within 20 million years of the solar system’s formation.

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