The Kuiper belt
The Kuiper Belt is a region of our solar system close to Pluto’s orbit that was discovered in 1992. In…
Astronomy
What are these tracks in Orion?
They are reflections of sunlight from various Earth-orbiting satellites. Appearing to the naked eye as a series of successive dots…
Space weather events
A new approach to analyzing magnetic tangles in the Sun has illustrated how energy is injected into the solar atmosphere…
Mars has a liquid and metallic core
With seismic data from the InSight mission Researchers from various institutions, including the CSIC, have analyzed the earthquakes recorded on…
THE GIVING AND RECEIVING OF MEGA FLAME OF STARS
The long relationships between stars and the planets around them – including the Sun and Earth – may be even…
Ancient meteorite may reveal how life formed on Earth and more secrets of the Solar System
The ancient rock is a rare example of carbonaceous chondrite, a type of meteorite that often contains biological material. A…
THE HARMONY OF THE UNIVERSE
Music and the detailed study of the past, present and future of the universe are closely related, united by a…
Where stars born
It has long been known that stars form from clouds of gas and dust. However, the mechanisms underlying star formation…
THE ICE GIANT
In addition to Jupiter and Saturn there are two ice cream giants, Uranus and Neptune, Uranus is one of the…
EUROPE – JUPITER’S MOON
It is among the four largest moons of Jupiter, with a diameter of 3121.6 km, being slightly smaller than Earth’s…