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Baby 'Spiders' on Mars Expand Across Sand Dunes (Photos)
December 22, 2016 | ArticleNew images captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show small, erosion-carved cracks in Red Planet sand dunes. The features may be infant versions of similar-looking but larger Martian channel-networks that have been dubbed spiders.
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Mystery of 'Alien Megastructure' Star Testing Astronomers' Creativity
December 21, 2016 | ArticleAstronomers may have to think a little harder to solve the mystery of Boyajian's star, whose strange dimming events over the past seven years have spawned talk of a possible "alien megastructure."
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Are Mars' Dark Streaks Really Evidence of Liquid Water?
December 19, 2016 | ArticleThe detection of hydrated salts within Mars’ intriguing, seasonally appearing dark streaks aren’t necessarily proof of liquid water, according to a new study.
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Space Junk Solution? Japan Would Use a Tether to Nab Debris & Destroy It
December 19, 2016 | ArticleA new technology that would use a roughly half-mile-long tether to grab large pieces of space debris and dispose of them is being tested in space.
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How to Search for Life on Mars
December 19, 2016 | ArticleTo aid in the search for life on Mars, people should look at the way primitive life on Earth modifies the environment around it.
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Water Ice Found On Dwarf Planet Ceres, Hidden in Permanent Shadow
December 15, 2016 | ArticleWater ice exists on the surface of Ceres, new observations have confirmed. The water ice is harbored in regions on the surface of this massive asteroid that are permanently cloaked in shadow.
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Boron Found On Mars For First Time By Curiosity Rover | Video
December 14, 2016 | VideoIf its similar to boron found on Earth, it could potentially mean that there was habitable groundwater on ancient Mars. Patrick Gasda, a postdoctoral researcher from the Los Alamos National Laboratory explains the find.
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Sounding the Alarm: Comets Pose Threat to Earth, Too
December 13, 2016 | ArticleIf your death-from-above musings focus solely on asteroids, you need to broaden your mind. Comets pose a serious risk as well, researchers say.
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Extinction-Level Superflares May Blast Earth's Nearest Exoplanet Proxima b
December 12, 2016 | ArticleThe recent discovery of a planet around the star closest to the sun has raised hopes that life might exist there, but researchers now find that this world might frequently experience extinction-level "superflares" from its star.
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That's No Supernova! It's A Black Hole Shredding A Star | Video
December 12, 2016 | VideoIn 2015, the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) detected what was characterized as a "superluminous supernova," the brightest ever detected. After further review, a supermassive black hole swallowing a star may be the culprit.
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