Astronomers have discovered that Saturn’s small moon called Mimas may harbor a liquid ocean hidden beneath its thick icy crust and therefore have habitable conditions. This shocking finding radically changes the definition of what an ocean moon could be and could ultimately redefine our search for alien life on moons in the solar system. That’s… Read More »
“What came first, the galaxy or its monster black hole?” Technically, this is a much older riddle than the riddle about the chicken or the egg; although we only became aware of this relatively recently. And according to new research, scientists may finally have an answer. Supermassive black holes, which existed near the dawn of… Read More »
If solar scientists are not yet eager to observe the sun as it reaches solar maximum in 2024, a newly discovered gamma ray puzzle will intensify that desire. Examining 14 years of data from NASA’s Fermi space telescope, a research team discovered that during the last solar maximum in 2013 and 2014, the sun’s polar… Read More »
Planning is in full swing for the successor to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful particle accelerator. The new “atom smasher,” called the Future Circular Collider (FCC), will dwarf the LHC in size and power. It will smash particles with so much energy that scientists say it can investigate the most mysterious… Read More »
A tiny moonlet too small to see from Earth may be playing the role of a cosmic sheepdog, shaping thin rings around the distant asteroid Chariklo, according to new computer simulations. Chariklo one centaur – A small-bodied species orbiting the Sun on a stuck path somewhere Jupiter And Neptune. Centaurs are thought to have come… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have discovered a “super-Earth,” or a world larger than our planet, orbiting a star about 137 light-years away. There may also be a second planet, thought to be the size of Earth, orbiting the… Read More »
The sun is about to make another disappearing act in North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse. The summit show on April 8 will last up to 4 minutes and 28 seconds in pitch darkness; That’s twice as long as the total solar eclipse that darkened U.S. skies in 2017. This… Read More »
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Earth was record warm in January for the eighth month in a row, according to the European climate agency. That was evident in the northern United States, where nearly 1,000 people played golf in snow-covered Minneapolis last month during what the state calls the “Lost Winter of 2023-24.” According to… Read More »
NASA’s newest Earth observation satellite has managed to reach orbit. The nearly $1 billion PACE mission, which the Trump administration has tried to cancel four separate times, launched early this morning (Feb. 8) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Once operational, PACE will make important observations about Earth’s… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A revolutionary new satellite has been launched that will provide an unprecedented look at Earth’s microscopic marine life and tiny atmospheric particles. The NASA PACE, or Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and Ocean Ecosystem mission, launched at… Read More »