It’s a fairly dry and dusty world, so how did Mars get its frosty poles?
Solar System
Solar System
Solar System
New findings suggest Saturn’s rings are relatively young
Using data collected by the now-deceased Cassini spacecraft, astronomers suggest the planet’s rings formed during the age of dinosaurs on Earth
Solar System
Summer rainfall spotted on Saturn’s largest moon
Using the former spacecraft Cassini, scientists have found evidence for rainfall near its north pole
Deep Space
What is “switching on” a supermassive black hole’s feeding frenzy?
These “giant monsters” were observed suddenly devouring gas in their surroundings
FutureTech
Future Tech: Pluto hopper
A NASA project is working on a new way to slow down planetary spacecraft to enable an ingenious hopping dwarf planet mission
Astronomy
Heroes of Space: Charles Messier
The pioneer of the sky created the catalogue of deep sky objects.
Deep Space
The brightest quasar in the early universe has been discovered
This extremely powerful and young galaxy was magnified, like a lens, by a foreground galaxy
Deep Space
Unusual radio signals have been found coming from deep space
Detections of fast radio bursts at low frequencies also provide a new clue to the astrophysical puzzle
Deep Space
Curtains close on the Dark Energy Survey
After six years, the Dark Energy Survey has finished mapping hundreds of millions of distant galaxies in the southern hemisphere
Deep Space
NASA’s TESS spots its first exoplanets and supernovae
From its first data set, astronomers have already discovered new and exciting exoplanets and pivotal distance-measuring supernovae
Space Exploration
Tiny satellites could lead the way for huge next-generation telescopes
With the proposal for enormous space telescopes becoming more serious, engineers suggest using tiny satellites as ‘guide stars’ for any future telescope
Space Exploration
New Horizons Update: Spacecraft reveals Ultima Thule as entirely new world
The Kuiper Belt Object’s remarkable appearance illuminates the processes that built the planets four and a half billion years ago
Space Exploration
New Horizons has successfully reached Ultima Thule
The greatest news to bring in the new year was that the NASA spacecraft successfully explored its first Kuiper Belt object
Space Exploration
New Horizons has already spotted something peculiar about Ultima Thule
The lack of a light curve when examining Ultima Thule has already caused a mystery before the target’s flyby
Solar System
NASA catches snapshots of nearby ‘holiday asteroid’
The approach is the closest asteroid 2003 SD220 has been in over 400 years
Astronomy
Keck Observatory views Comet Wirtanen in unprecedented detail
The NIRSPEC upgrade at the Keck Observatory has delivered sharper views of Comet Wirtanen
Space Exploration
The Martian garden of InSight
Engineers have already tested InSight’s instruments on Earth using a full scale model called ForeSight
Solar System
Saturn’s rings are dying at ‘an alarming rate’
Researchers suggest that the stunning planetary feature will be gone in 300 million years
Astronomy
Christmas wish list: Telescopes, books and accessories for astronomers
With the holiday season just around the corner, All About Space selects the space gifts sure to delight any fan of the universe
Solar System
The most distant object in the Solar System has been discovered
The object, nicknamed Farout, is three and a half times farther away than Pluto