May 13, 2020 NASA asteroid defense test mission may trigger artificial meteor shower, study finds A planned NASA mission to test its capability to defend Earth from an incoming asteroid could cause the planet’s first-ever artificial meteor shower, a study found earlier this year.
May 13, 2020 Amateur astronomer used NASA satellite data to discover new comet An amateur astronomer has used data from NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite to discover a new comet that will be visible in late May and early June.
May 13, 2020 'One in a million' Super-Earth discovered in deep space Researchers have found a Super-Earth exoplanet they describe as "one in a million" in deep space.
May 12, 2020 Chinese space junk narrowly missed hitting New York City, report says Space junk from a new Chinese rocket narrowly missed dropping down on New York City Monday night, according to a report, largely burning up in the atmosphere before some of the debris survived long enough to slam into West Africa.
May 12, 2020 Giant meteorite impacts formed parts of moon's crust, scientists reveal New research on a sample of the moon brought back by Apollo 17 has revealed how giant meteorite impacts formed parts of the celestial satellite's crust.
May 12, 2020 Mars could have saltwater puddles, but they're likely too cold to support life, study suggests Ancient Mars may have contained water packed with the ingredients to support life, but there is no known life on the Red Planet today. A new study suggests the conditions on the present-day Martian surface are actually too cold for life.
May 11, 2020 Martian rock samples could bring extraterrestrial viruses to Earth, expert warns As if the planet didn't have enough to worry about with the coronavirus pandemic, one researcher is worried about extraterrestrial viruses.
May 8, 2020 'Weird' exoplanet 800 light-years from Earth has yellow skies and iron rain Researchers have found the weird exoplanet WASP-79b, nearly 800 light-years from Earth, does not have a blue sky as our planet does. Instead, its skies are yellow.
May 8, 2020 Mysterious Planet 9 could be found using futuristic spacecraft, theoretical physicist suggests The hypothetical Planet 9 has been bandied about for several years, first mentioned in 2014, but researchers have yet to find it. Now, a well-known theoretical physicist believes we could find the mysterious object using "laser-launched spacecraft."
May 7, 2020 Black hole, 1,000 light-years from Earth, discovered Researchers have discovered a black hole 1,000 light-years from Earth, the closest one known so far.
