For Decades, This Rock Was Used as a Doorstop. Turns Out It’s a $100K Meteorite
The sixth largest meteorite recorded in Michigan has just been brought to the attention of experts over 80 years after its discovery. After living a humble life as a 10…
You Can Now Buy Fake Martian Dirt to Try Grow Potatoes in It (For Science, Obviously)
When it comes time to begin conducting regular crewed missions to Mars, and perhaps even establishing a permanent outpost there, astronauts and potential Martian settlers will have to know how…
NASA’s Kepler Probe Is Almost Out of Fuel, And Has Gone Into Sleep Mode
The Kepler mission is coming to an end. The planet-hunting spacecraft that transformed our understanding of exoplanets and other solar systems is almost out of fuel. What little fuel remains…
Saturn’s Rings Are Raining a Weird Chemical Cocktail, And Scientists Finally Have a “Taste” of It
In the last weeks before it plunged into the stormy heart of Saturn a year ago, Cassini did something no other probe has done before. It swooped in between the…
ESA Astronomers Have Spotted High-Speed Stars From Other Galaxies Heading Our Way
Using the most detailed map of the galaxy produced so far, astronomers have spotted more than a dozen high-speed stars that seem to be zooming in our direction – and…