SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...
The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.
Radiation levels at airline flight altitudes briefly reached levels that could be potentially harmful to pregnant women.
When New Horizons flew past Pluto in 2015, NASA expected a cold, cratered fossil at the edge of the solar system. Instead it revealed a world that looked alive - jagged mountains of water ice, a thin ...
Journey beyond Neptune to uncover the frozen, mysterious worlds that challenge everything we thought we knew about the solar system. From Pluto to Haumea and Makemake, these distant dwarf planets ...
This creates a fascinating dilemma. The runner successfully steals second base, but the catcher doesn’t attempt a throw because he believes the inning is over with the called third strike. If the ...
The combined solar outbursts triggered a severe G4 geomagnetic storm, resulting in auroras appearing as far south as Arizona, Mexico, Texas, and Florida. Conditions have since subsided to G3 (strong) ...
The sky could be filled with auroras thanks to a rare occurrence. Aurora borealis, a stunning display of neon lights in the sky caused by a geothermal storm, could flare up in large numbers on ...