Stars in the Hyades are moving so fast it will disintegrate in 30 million years The closest cluster of stars to Earth is falling apart and will soon die, astronomers say. Using the Gaia spacecraft to measure velocities of stars in the Hyades cluster and those escaping from it, researchersContinue Reading
Our star’s birthplace might have been a tight, stellar cluster, researchers say The sun could come from a large, loose-knit clan or a small family that’s always fighting. New computer simulations of young stars suggest two pathways to forming the solar system. The sun could have formed in a calm,Continue Reading
Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars and The Sirens of Mars are apt reads during the pandemic Science writer Kate Greene couldn’t have known that her memoir about her time on a make-believe Mars mission would be published as millions of people on Earth isolated themselves in theirContinue Reading