Astronomers deliver the sharpest and deepest view yet of the low-frequency radio sky Using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), an…
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Photosynthesis: A New Angle into Fermi’s Paradox? One of the things that gives the Fermi paradox its punch is the…
European orbiter detects fresh hints of volcanic activity on Mars New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars…
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This oddball reflective lava world is challenging to understand Among Kepler and TESS’s many surprising exoplanet discoveries are the ultra-short-period…
Figuring out where cosmic neutrinos come from is tricky—radio telescopes could help find 'ghost particles' origin Neutrinos are funny little…
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Space station experiment to probe plant disease risks for future moon and Mars missions As NASA and its partners prepare…
Built to take the blast: Students test prototype landing pad to make moon landings safer As NASA works toward a…
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ED138: What a New Dwarf Planet Portends An intriguing mission to L1 has caught my eye, one with implications for…
Rubin Observatory reveals its first dwarf planet candidate in our solar system Scientists may add a new dwarf planet to…
27 exoplanet targets for the world's first private space telescope The Lazuli Space Telescope will be the first private space…
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Lumina simulation brings the early universe to life on a record-breaking scale The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Nancy…
How flare ribbons reveal hidden solar explosions on the sun Many topics in astronomy and astrophysics are esoteric. There’s not…
Everyday Mylar turned into a promising insulator for lunar habitats Establishing a long-term presence on the moon will require solving…
Sudden changes and slow burns A mission to a Martian moon launches, what the upcoming U.S. elections will mean for…
Traction! Tribologists study friction: what happens when things rub together. It’s indispensable, from the wheel to the paths of stars…
Autonomous triangular modules could build tomorrow's mega-observatories Private companies are getting better at launching more mass into space with larger…
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NASA's CASALS instrument bridges gaps in 3D maps of Earth's surface A team of researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight…
Microbes on Enceladus? Until we get more assets in orbit around Saturn, we’re left to studying Cassini data on the…
A magnetar can be born when two neutron stars touch All neutron stars have intense magnetic fields. The typical magnetic…
Planetary 'twins' Uranus and Neptune may have different origin stories By indirectly probing the depths of Uranus and Neptune’s atmospheres,…
Japan to launch historic round-trip mission to Mars moon Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars’ moons to retrieve…
Simulations explore nuclear mitigation of asteroid threats Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how…
Astronomer leads global team on NASA mission to create unprecedented view of the early universe A University of Missouri astronomer…
Seeing the old in a new light Old stars may offer a rainbow of color, while a Mars rover sets…
How to be a (Roman) man Cicero’s ideal of manly virtue stressed the performance of self-control and bravery, not boastful…
Rigorous analysis confirms NASA’s Artemis II heat shield performance NASA’s Artemis II mission sent four astronauts around the moon and…
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Green, pink and purple: Astronomers reveal the surprising true colors of white dwarf stars University of Warwick astronomers have shown…
Thoughts on Brown Dwarfs, Science Fiction and New Telescopes Here’s an interesting notion, courtesy of science fiction writer Jack McDevitt….
NASA JPL testing readies Voyager technologies lander for moon mission A commercial lander that will be at the forefront of…
Primordial helium further confirms our understanding of the Big Bang In the early moments of the big bang, two elements…
Strong magnetic fields could allow white dwarfs to grow beyond the Chandrasekhar limit When a dying star runs out of…
Discovery marks the first detection of variable water clouds outside of the solar system A Jupiter-sized world just 7.5 light-years…
NASA advances LISA mission contributions with new test telescope NASA has taken the next step in the process of developing…
Born from fire A NASA spacecraft bakes in a furnace, a planet possibly forms from its dying star, and a…
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Astronomers pinpoint the most distant fast radio burst ever detected Astronomers have detected and traced the most distant fast radio…
Largest 2D map of the universe helps scientists discover new gravitational lenses Using data from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys,…
Artemis II crew moon photo annotations A visualization of a dark moon eclipsing the sun is marked with handwritten notes…
Musings on White Dwarfs and Planetary Survival A research team at the University of Warwick (UK) has turned up what…
Computer scientist tracks satellites with automated observatory built from off-the-shelf technology Allen Schnibben’s interest in space started when he was…
Neutrons, rotating black holes, and a galactic PeVatron at the center of the Milky Way Galactic black holes are cosmic…
Gamma-ray search sets new limits on dark matter annihilation in the inner Milky Way Dark matter could be a type…
Q&A: An Earth-like planet with two suns? A nearby star system with two suns could potentially support an Earth-sized planet…
Team selected for NASA program to explore potential lunar cave NASA has selected a Planetary Science Institute–led proposal to investigate…
Flying by and diving deep NASA looks into drones to dive through caves on Titan and the Moon, while the…
Life on a hair trigger A world of violence sustains itself through guns, poverty and other social ills, but also…
Webb provides crash course on planet-shattering collisions In the early history of our solar system, scientists theorize that a Mars-sized…
SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on a fast track to the International Space Station Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Thursday on…
Catch a rare lunar occultation of Jupiter plus Saturn at opposition in early October It’s a busy skywatching month ahead….
Alien life? Why the possibility of exoplanet LHS 1140b emitting helium gas is so exciting This summer, exoplanet science—the study…
Hydrogen’s distant glow opens new way to investigate dark energy The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) has shown for…
Astronomers discover a radio galaxy with evidence of four separate jet outbursts Astronomers have identified what may be the first…
Black hole jets reach far beyond galaxies’ visible edges, potentially deciding their fate Galaxies are enormous and hold hundreds of…
Bridging the silicon gap for autonomous lunar manufacturing Systemic flowchart depicting a lunar machine ecology. The diagram illustrates the thermodynamic…
An overlooked era of cosmology is stealing the show in the quest to understand the cosmos Could you imagine if…
Amoebas and anniversaries A new crater on the Moon, super-hot amoebas, and Hubble marks an orbital milestone as well as…
Reasoning together Jürgen Habermas, the great defender of deliberative democracy, lived up to its demands: he never feared changing his…
US-India satellite captures time-lapse video of volcanic eruption Like tendrils on a vine, lava spreads out from the northern crater…
NASA to study human health and performance during Crew-13 mission During NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission aboard the International Space Station,…
Sakurai’s Object: A Stellar Rebirth Given how long stars live in comparison to human lifetimes, I always do a double-take…
Roman Space Telescope Launches Tomorrow We’ll have a lot to talk about when observations from the Nancy Grace Roman Space…
When Should an Airport Stop for Lightning? Xweather Protect combines real-time lightning detection, lightning forecasts, configurable alert zones and automated…
Astrophysicists use wave simulations to open a new window on dark matter Astrophysicists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU),…
Is a nearby advanced alien civilization out there waiting to pounce on Earth? Unlikely, says new study Science fiction suggests…
Jupiter uses a surprisingly complex system to fend off particles from the sun A University of Iowa-led research team has…
Venus ate its moon: How Earth’s ‘twin’ could have swallowed a rocky satellite Scientists have long speculated why Venus, with…
Scientists simulate cosmic crashes to test whether icy moons gain or lose their ability to sustain life Many of the…
Hubble spots an out-of-sync galaxy Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems…
Newborns and old-timers While Roman doubles its lifetime and Artemis astronauts retire, a new discovery may be the youngest exoplanet…
Cosmic amnesia A black hole rings like a struck bell, then settles into silence, forgetting almost everything about its history….
New krypton-88 data narrow a key gap in stellar strontium models An international research team has reported the first experimental…
NASA spacecraft discovers a huge new crater on the moon Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that’s bigger…
Snow, monsoons and oceans shift Earth’s center of mass each year, satellite tracking shows Seasonal changes redistribute enough water around…
Disrupted Systems: Implications for Life Anthropocentric thinking is a persistent problem when we’re talking about extraterrestrial civilizations. Some of our…
Webb reveals dynamic panorama of star formation, including smallest known brown dwarfs This starry view of the nearby star-forming region…
Dense galaxies are carving out a bubble in the early universe When JWST’s first science results started rolling in, it…
Why optimising hydraulics is key for aviation fleets with varying requirements Tightening aviation margins make optimising resources and investing in…
JWST ruled out finding tiny moons around an exoplanet—that’s great news The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has opened many…
Japan’s Hayabusa2 achieves first-ever laser ranging experiment with an asteroid The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft reached another…
How big can the universe’s first starbursts get? As our telescopes have improved and we’ve been able to peer farther…
The next generation A new shape on Saturn, new Artemis spacesuits, and a new look at Star Trek. Go to…
Penchants of the polymaths The fathers of Islamic science hold lessons for students: breadth over specialisation, and never let constraints…
