Cosmological model proposes dark matter production during pre-Big Bang inflation As physicists continue their struggle to find and explain the…
How much are asteroids really worth? Popular media love talking about asteroid mining using big numbers. Many articles talk about…
Twister, but make it magnetic A Jovian storm has its roots in a magnetic vortex, life finds a way into…
The underground university During the Cold War, Oxford philosophers worked together to aid dissidents behind the Iron Curtain. I was…
Astronomers investigate the evolution of a supersoft X-ray source Using ESA’s XMM-Newton satellite and NASA’s Chandra spacecraft, German astronomers have…
Investigating how the biggest galaxies in the cosmos grew so quickly before dying Astronomers are closer than ever to working…
Northern lights may be faintly visible across parts of the US this Thanksgiving This Thanksgiving, solar storms may produce faint…
A Look at Dark Energy & Long-Term Survival If life can organize into sentient beings around stars other than our…
Transport phenomena and fundamental physics investigated in the microgravity of the ISS A paper published in Gravitational and Space Research…
Einstein predicted how gravity should work at the largest scales. And he was right, suggests new research When Albert Einstein…
WEAVE spectrograph uncovers dual nature of galaxy shock Using the set of first-light observations from the new William Herschel Telescope…
The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems, scientists say Distant, ancient galaxies are giving…
2024 Impact Report In 2024, The Planetary Society championed the importance of space science and exploration through our advocacy and…
Oldest direct evidence of hot water activity on Mars found New Curtin University-led research has uncovered what may be the…
Compassionate time On his final journey through Asia, Thomas Merton found some peace in the dialectic between refusing the world…
Video: Our sun is the star in a new simulation NASA supercomputers are shedding light on what causes some of…
Nanoink and printing technologies could enable electronics repairs, production in space An Iowa State University engineer floats in the air…
Chandra and Hubble tune into ‘flame-throwing’ Guitar Nebula Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a…
New DESI data shed light on gravity’s pull in the universe Gravity has shaped our cosmos. Its attractive influence turned…
Star Harvest: Civilizations in Search of Energy Living a long time forces decisions that could otherwise be ignored. This is…
The new Mars landing approach: How we’ll land large payloads on the Red Planet Back in 2007, I talked with…
Big Bang: Trump and Musk could redefine US space strategy Should NASA return to the moon, or go straight to…
ESA launches the Second Space Resources Challenge Conceptual illustration of lunar regolith extraction and beneficiation operations creating feedstock for an…
A new way to detect daisy worlds The daisy world model describes a hypothetical planet that self-regulates, maintaining a delicate…
Solar wind power likely governs Uranus’ thermosphere temperature Uranus’s upper atmosphere has been cooling for decades—and now scientists have shown…
Ripples and rivers Liquids do all kinds of interesting things on planetary surfaces, from creating rippled impact craters to streaming…
The cochlear question As the hearing parent of a deaf baby, I’m confronted with an agonising decision: should I give…
Northern lights: How the aurora borealis captivated 18th-century minds Since May this year, the aurora borealis (northern lights), has at…
A new mission to Pluto could answer the questions raised by New Horizons Pluto may have been downgraded from full-planet…
Astronomers defy the zone of avoidance to find hundreds of new galaxies There is a region of the sky where…
A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our universe and beyond The chances of intelligent…
A trash compactor is going to the space station Astronauts on the International Space Station generate their share of garbage,…
Hubble captures barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy…
NASA astronauts won’t say which one of them got sick after almost eight months in space Three NASA astronauts whose…
Powerful new US-Indian satellite will track Earth’s changing surface Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as…
Streaks and highlights It’s been a great year for space exploration. Now you get to pick the highlights. Go to…
Habitability and a Variable Young Sun Given our intense scrutiny of planets around other stars, I find it interesting how…
We need raw awe In this tech-vexed age, our life on screens prevents us from experiencing the mysteries and transformative…
Image: Astronaut captures photo of Earth from the International Space Station Earth’s city lights streak by in this long-exposure photo…
Image: Astronaut captures photo of Earth from the International Space Station Earth’s city lights streak by in this long-exposure photo…
Examining how stellar threats impact the habitable zone of exoplanets When we think of exoplanets that may be able to…
How many additional exoplanets are in known systems? One thing we’ve learned in recent decades is that exoplanets are surprisingly…
Vega’s Puzzling Disk Over the weekend I learned about Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 47, unusual in that it offers up…
Webb confirms a longstanding galaxy model Perhaps the greatest tool astronomers have is the ability to look backward in time….
Ethos Space has ambitious plans for the Moon and beyond Conceptual illustration of a SpaceX Starship on a lunar landing…
Chinese space station crew returns after six months in orbit A three-person Chinese crew returned to Earth early Monday after…
Learning more about supernovae through stardust Most of the diverse elements in the universe come from supernovae. We are, quite…
Black hole study challenges Kerr solution assumptions Black holes continue to captivate scientists: they are purely gravitational objects, remarkably simple,…
Journeys worth making Perseverance faces a hard climb, but New Horizons proves it’s worth going the distance. Go to Source…
The city of wisdom Don’t be intimidated by physics: it is made of stories and metaphors. Learn these and the…
