What is an exoplanet? An astrophysicist explains why they are vital for finding alien life Scientists might have just found…
Assessment of rare ‘teenage’ planetary system deepens understanding of cosmic evolution Planetary systems such as our solar system take hundreds…
The impact of impacts Collisions are often the reason things are the way they are in the Solar System today….
There are no psychopaths Virtually everything you think you know about psychopathy has been thoroughly debunked. Why does this zombie…
A cosmic explosion with the force of a billion suns went unseen—until we caught its echo Some of the universe’s…
A new space race could turn our atmosphere into a ‘crematorium for satellites’ When we look up at the night…
Apollo moon rocks reveal lunar magnetic field was briefly stronger than Earth’s Researchers from the Department of Earth Sciences, University…
The Language of Contact How we think intersects with the language we think in. Consider the verb in classical Greek,…
Surprise solar eruptions on sun’s far side validate new forecasting method A team of scientists from around the world has…
Image: Curiosity rover surveys boxwork region of Mars NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama of boxwork formations—the low ridges…
Wohrad: The first serious design of an artificial gravity space station The Habitat Wheel (Wohrad). Redrawing of Fig. 84 from…
Martian volcanoes could be hiding massive glaciers under a blanket of ash When we think of ice on Mars, we…
Occupy Mars? Or the moon? Get a reality check on Elon Musk’s plans It’s an age-old debate in space circles:…
Supercomputer simulations reveal rotation drives chemical mixing in red giant stars Advances in supercomputing have made solving a long‐standing astronomical…
That’s a first! From the first lunar landing to a leader’s first week in a new job, there are lots…
Going-against-the-grainers If our ethical beliefs come from our social environment, how do some people find the moral courage to defy…
42 years of measuring the sun, the Earth and the energy in between On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became…
NASA boss blasts Boeing and space agency managers for Starliner’s botched astronaut flight NASA’s new boss blasted Boeing and the…
Searidge implements digital control tower at Vigo Airport, Spain Searidge Technologies has announced the successful implementation of Spain’s first fully…
Hubble identifies a near-invisible galaxy that may be 99% dark matter In the vast tapestry of the universe, most galaxies…
Astronomers may have just found one of the missing links in galaxy evolution A team of 48 astronomers from 14…
Propulsion Options for the Solar Gravitational Lens Mission A mission to the Sun’s gravity focus – or more precisely, the…
What cold-water geysers on Earth reveal about the habitability of ocean worlds In the eastern Utah desert, carbon-dioxide-saturated water bubbles,…
The balloon mission raising the bar for exoplanet science The atmospheres of exoplanets have been a focal point of the…
Astronomers trace a star’s three-year infrared glow to black hole birth In 2014, a NASA telescope observed that the infrared…
Sophie Adenot, the second French woman to fly to space When she was growing up, Sophie Adenot plastered her childhood…
An interplanetary team effort Although spacecraft may be isolated in space, they’re far from alone. Go to Source Author: The…
Guarding the guardians Good institutions are social technologies that scale trust from personal relations to entire nations. How do they…
UK space firm Skyrora explores buying assets of struggling rival Orbex British company Skyrora, which designs and builds rockets to…
UK space firm Skyrora explores buying assets of struggling rival Orbex British company Skyrora, which designs and builds rockets to…
Vaisala to upgrade runway visual range systems at seven Greek airports Vaisala will supply Runway Visual Range systems to seven…
Unseen planet or brown dwarf may have hidden ‘rare’ fading star One of the longest stellar dimming events ever observed…
A Relativistic Explanation for the Dearth of Circumbinary Planets Planets orbiting two stars have been found, but not all that…
NASA selects two Earth System Explorers missions Two next-generation satellite missions announced Thursday will help NASA better understand Earth and…
Image: Strong solar flare This Feb. 4, 2026, image from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captures a strong solar flare…
The ‘Little red dots’ observed by Webb were direct-collapse black holes The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed to…
A giant star is changing before our eyes and astronomers are watching in real time For decades, astronomers have been…
The dirty afterlife of a dead satellite Sometimes we humans get ahead of ourselves. We embark on grand engineering experiments…
Setting our sights The future of space exploration is right around the corner. Go to Source Author: The latest stories…
How selfish are we? An age-old debate about human nature is being energised with new findings on the tightrope of…
NASA Langley makes final preparations for Artemis II mission to launch around the moon When Apollo 17 astronauts returned from…
NASA Langley makes final preparations for Artemis II mission to launch around the moon When Apollo 17 astronauts returned from…
Shelter from the Storm The approaching storm will almost certainly cause power outages that will make it impossible to post…
flydubai, AWS announce cloud and AI collaboration flydubai and AWS have announced a collaboration that will see the Dubai-based airline…
Red giant stars can’t destroy all gas giants—some are hardy survivors Aging stars can completely destroy their planets. When a…
Reading the moon’s diary, one speck of dust at a time Magnetism on the moon has always been a bit…
NASA fuels its moon rocket in a crucial test to decide when Artemis astronauts will launch NASA fueled its new…
NASA begins a practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in more than 50 years NASA began a two-day…
