Although Voyager probes left our solar system years ago, as they traveled through international space, they are still searching for cosmic rays exploding 23 billion kilometers (14 billion miles) away from our sun. A detailed analysis of recent data from both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 has now led to …
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Like all stars, our sun is powered by the fusion of hydrogen into heavy elements. Nuclear fusion is not only what makes stars shine, it is also the primary source of the chemical elements that make up the world around us. Much of our understanding of stellar fusion comes from …
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In the wake of recent fluctuations in the brightness of the BattleJues, astronomers have scrutinized the star’s vital figures, and found something surprising. According to a team of researchers led by Australian Australian National University (ANU), the results change some important things about our favorite red company. “The actual physical …
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Mars, our second closest cosmic cousin, has been in our collective imagination for decades. Between the fantasies of visiting Mars and the promise of water under its icy surface, Mars doesn’t have to do much to stay in our collective good books. But very soon, Mars is moving not only …
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If you can zoom in and see the solar system from a distance, you’ll see that at least one thing in the picture is correct: the planets are more or less arranged in a flat plane, orbiting the sun around the equator. This is called an eclipse, and is thought …
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