1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (373+ words) NASA's Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater in February 2021. Since then, it has been exploring the surface of Mars. Scientists believe that this place was once an ancient lake. While making its way down a slope on the crater rim…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (539+ words) For years, NASA and the European Space Agency have been studying the surface of Mars in great detail in the hopes of finding signs of ancient life. Their missions have found evidence of ancient rivers and lakes that once shaped…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (626+ words) starlust.org Micrometeoroids and solar wind are constantly changing the Moon. New study finds how. As an airless celestial body, the Moon retains its surface in pristine form for billions of years. Even tiny impacts by micrometeoroids are not erased....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (578+ words) Over the years, NASA has spotted some of the strangest and most fascinating sights on Mars. But not every image leaves us with questions. Some are simply so beautiful and unexpected that they make us stop and stare for a…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (680+ words) starlust.org Moon’s far-side soil may offer sturdier foundations for future bases, AI analysis suggests Lunar samples scooped up by China’s Chang’e-6 probe may finally unveil the secrets of the little-known far side of the Moon. The particles of the…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (919+ words) starlust.org A lobster-eye X-ray telescope could unveil some of the deepest secrets of the Moon's geology The Moon, with its cratered, barren landscape, is still a mystery, but a new X-ray telescope could unravel some of its deepest secrets…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (535+ words) starlust.org Identity of the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs has been uncovered Evidence has long suggested that the impactor that killed 75% of Earth's species, including non-avian dinosaurs, 66 million years ago was an asteroid similar to carbonaceous chondrites....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (694+ words) starlust.org Scientists reveal Earth-like quakes on the Moon may help detect water ice Researchers from the University of Maryland, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of Hawaii have suggested that moonquakes—vibrations similar to those produced during earthquakes…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (577+ words) starlust.org Meteorite that broke over Mexico reveals how ancient stars sowed the seeds of our solar system From where did our solar system get its first solids? A research team from Caltech may have found the answer by analyzing…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (460+ words) starlust.org Did Venus once have a moon? Scientists think the planet may have destroyed it Earth and Venus are considered twins because of their similar size, mass, and even rocky composition. But one of the things that sets them…...