Edward J. Pearce

Before the solar system had planets, the sun had rings - bands of dust and gas similar to Saturn's rings - that likely played a role in the formation of the Earth, according to a new study. “In the solar system, something happened to…

It was only another night in September 1859 when Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson witnessed a remarkable event. The British astronomers weren't together, but both were scanning the Sun through telescopes at the exact moment a massive…

GARDEN PATCHPhyllis Webster earned a journalism degree before embarking on a long career in public relations…

Astronomers face a number of annoying issues we have with the Universe, and one of the most important is dark matter.Its existence was first mentioned in the 1930s, but it was not until the 1960s and 1970s that…

Wednesday 5 JanuaryThe Moon passes 4 ° south of Jupiter at 7 p.m. EST tonight. Now in the constellation Aquarius, our satellite is about 14% illuminated and features of its eastern limb (west of the sky) are visible. The most important is…

12/31/2021 Act. At 10:16 am CET Joan Lluís Ferrer A multidisciplinary scientific team from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), the University of the Balearic…

Rest well, old friendPhoto: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwestern Research InstituteYou know the old slogan: In space, nobody can hear you scream. Unfortunately, being stuck on our rapidly heating up!-->!-->…

Some of the most exciting space missions are ready to go in 2022.This year, expect the first images and…

The Hubble Telescope may be considered obsolete after the successful launch of the James Webb Telescope, but the aging telescope still captures beautiful images of our universe.In 2021, Hubble gave us plenty of insights into the inner…

Scientific discoveries on Mars can be so shallow - hunting for water caches, terrestrial sampling, and other technical wonders tend to take place on the surface of the Red Planet (or a little above). But as NASA's Perseverance rover roams…