​ Japan’s Epsilon S Rocket Test Ends in Fiery Explosion, Marking Another Big Setback (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Japan’s space agency, JAXA, had to abort an engine test for its Epsilon S rocket after it burst into flames. This

​ A super-Earth beyond Mars would have made Earth nearly uninhabitable (Image Credit: Space.com) Planetary scientists recently simulated an alternate version of our solar system: one with a super-Earth causing climate chaos on Earth, Mars and Venus. One

​ Neptune and Uranus have a magnetic mystery — but the case may finally be cracked (Image Credit: Space.com) When NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft made its way to outer regions of the solar system in the late 80’s,

​ Strange ‘zebra’ patterns are coming from the Crab Nebula — this physicist finally figured out why (Image Credit: Space.com) Historical records from around the world describe a bright star appearing in the sky in the year 1054.