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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New research suggests that most of the solar system’s inner rocky planets once orbited the sun in perfect harmony. | Credit: SCIEPRO/Getty Images Four of the solar system‘s terrestrial planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, likely started life waltzing around the sun …

In the spring of 2019, the six-wheeled Spirit rover was driving backwards to drag an inoperable front right wheel when it got stuck on the sandy Martian surface. Despite spending months trying to excavate its robot, NASA could not free Spirit. Now, engineers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison may have figured out a way to better prepare NASA’s robots for …

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes the Earth at a very high velocity. This leaves an excavated circular hole on the Earth’s surface. It is a basic geological process …

Four of the solar system‘s terrestrial planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, likely started life waltzing around the sun to a fixed rhythm, according to a new study. The findings also suggest that those planets formed earlier than previously thought. Astronomers have been increasingly interested in how planetary systems change their internal architecture on cosmic timescales, motivated by several …

“We Brought the Future Back to Earth” Declares SpaceX After Dragon Lands With 6,700 Pounds of Advanced Robots From Wild Mission  Rude BaguetteView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Solar eclipses have always captured human imagination. From ancient omens to modern-day science, they remain one of the most closely watched celestial events. That fascination took a chaotic turn recently, when social media posts began circulating a false claim: that on 2 August 2025, the world would go completely dark during a total solar eclipse. Some even said this would …

A recent study published in July 2025 tackles one of the greatest mysteries of science—how life first emerged from non-living matter on early Earth. The research, led by Robert G. Endres from Imperial College London, presents a new mathematical framework that suggests the spontaneous origin of life is far more complex than previously understood. The Improbability of Life’s Origins Endres’ …

Life can thrive in some seriously extreme environments, from the salty to the cold, and now the surprisingly deep, as scientists have found the deepest complex ecosystem ever discovered. The hadal trenches these animals call home can be as deep as 9,533 meters (31,276 feet) and play host to species that get their energy from chemical reactions. Handy, given there’s …

The energy needed for thunderstorms could come from an avalanche of electrons seeded by extraterrestrial cosmic rays, a new study claims. Scientists already knew that lightning is an electrical discharge between thunderclouds and Earth’s surface, but exactly how storm clouds obtain an electric field powerful enough to hurl a bolt has remained a mystery for centuries. Now, a new study …

Around the world, international borders are hardening. Nations are competing for resources, technology and even orbits. But in Vienna this June, a different vision took center stage. One where space is shared, data is open and no satellite orbits Earth on its own. At the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Living Planet Symposium 2025, the “Breaking Barriers” plenary presentation delivered the …