Open Cluster SETI Globular clusters, those vast ‘cities of stars’ that orbit our galaxy, get a certain amount of traction…
The Jovian vortex hunt is over for now The Jovian Vortex Hunter project, launched on Zooniverse in June 2022, is…
Economic benefits from space mining A fictional depiction of an ore ship servicing mining operations on an asteroid. Credits: DALL∙E…
‘Old smokers’: Strange new type of star discovered in Milky Way Nearing the end of their life, they sit quietly…
NASA collaborating on European-led gravitational wave observatory in space The first space-based observatory designed to detect gravitational waves has passed…
Astronomers analyze masses, orbital properties and atmospheric features of six exoplanets A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets…
Colorful faults and false colors We might not know what color the planets really are, but we know a whole…
On knowing who he was Alan Watts, for all his faults, was a wildly imaginative and provocative thinker who reimagined…
‘Old smokers’ and ‘squalling newborns’ among hidden stars spotted for first time ‘Hidden’ stars including a new type of elderly…
After three years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter mission ends NASA’s history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at…
Microwave detectors and multiplexing: Researchers help astronomers examine the early universe Perched atop a high plateau in Chile’s Atacama Desert,…
Alien Life or Chemistry? A New Approach Working in the field has its limitations, as Alex Tolley reminds us in…
Now we know why Starship’s second flight test failed SpaceX is often in the headlines; unfortunately, it is not always…
New US Postal Service stamps feature iconic NASA Webb images The U.S. Postal Service has issued two new Priority Mail…
James Webb Space Telescope: Finally, the edge of the universe and beyond Launched in 2021 on Christmas Day, the James…
US space company upbeat on next Moon mission despite lander’s demise The head of the American space company whose lunar…
Image: Hubble views a galactic supernova site This image features a relatively small galaxy known as UGC 5189A, which is…
Twice as nice Sometimes the Solar System offers up a planetary pair for our viewing enjoyment. Japan has a pair…
Artists of our own lives The genome is the starting point for a performance we enact over a lifetime, not…
Image: An aurora in another light The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured…
To the Moon and back: modern lunar exploration Japan, whose unmanned “sniper” probe will attempt a lunar landing on Saturday,…
Webb data suggest many early galaxies were long and thin, not disk-like or spherical Columbia researchers analyzing images from NASA’s…
Samples from Wild 2 comet reveal a surprising past Eighteen years after NASA’s Stardust mission returned to Earth with the…
Reaching Proxima b: The Beauty of the Swarm NIAC’s award of a Phase I grant to study a ‘swarm’ mission…
Big planets don’t necessarily mean big moons Does the size of an exomoon help determine if life could form on…
Doomed US lunar lander now headed for Earth: company A private US lunar lander that has been leaking fuel throughout…
Neumann Drive successfully tested in space Company images of a Neumann Drive at upper left with it’s plasma discharge produced…
Doomed US lunar lander’s space odyssey continues… for now Is it the little spaceship that could? Go to Source Author:…
Planetesimals are buffeted by wind in their nebula, throwing debris into space: Study Before planets form around a young star,…
Destination: Moon Getting to the Moon — or any moon — isn’t easy, but it’s worth it. That’s why we…
How to hate The manifesto was always a hotheaded call to arms. Then it got a slick, digital makeover in…
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detects surprise gamma-ray feature beyond our galaxy Astronomers analyzing 13 years of data from NASA’s Fermi…
Researchers release open-source space debris model MIT’s Astrodynamics, Space Robotics, and Controls Laboratory (ARCLab) announced the public beta release of…
Old stars may be the best places to search for life Once upon a cosmic time, scientists assumed that stars…
Galactic ‘Nature Preserves’ over Deep Time Speculating about the diffusion of intelligent species through the galaxy, as we’ve been doing…
Centaurs gain comet-like characteristics through close encounters with Jupiter, Saturn A rapid reshaping of orbits resulting from a close encounter…
A colossal star erupts: Examining one of the largest stars in the Milky Way as it fades from view Astronomers…
India’s Sun probe reaches solar orbit India’s solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun’s orbit after a four-month journey,…
The most massive neutron stars probably have cores of quark matter Atoms are made of three things: protons, neutrons, and…
Rocket carrying American lunar lander rolls to launchpad Final preparations were underway Friday for the launch of the first American…
Visions of Venus See our neighboring planet in radar and in artwork, and catch up on the week’s space news….
The missing conversation To the detriment of the public, scientists and historians don’t engage with one another. They must begin…
New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue, and…
Two companies will attempt the first US moon landings since the Apollo missions a half-century ago China and India scored…
SpaceX back with 1st Space Coast launch of the year After a record 2023, SpaceX is not slowing down its…
Life Elsewhere? Relaxing the Copernican Principle Most people I know are enthusiastic about the idea that other intelligent races exist…
Astrophysicists explore links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting extraterrestrial technology on distant planets In the quest to understand the potential…
JWST sets a new record, sees newly forming stars in the Triangulum galaxy Our Milky Way bristles with giant molecular…
Motion extraction See the hidden movement in the natural world, thanks to ‘motion extraction’, a filmmaker’s innovative digital effect –…
First pulsar detected in globular cluster GLIMPSE-C01 Using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have discovered a…
Want to get into stargazing? A professional astronomer explains where to start There are few things more peaceful and relaxing…
A new way to characterize habitable planets For decades, science fiction authors have imagined scenarios in which life thrives on…
Happy Perihelion! There’s lots to celebrate this week, from the New Year to perihelion and everything we’ve accomplished together during…
Greater Earth (GE⊕) Lunar Power Station Conceptual illustration showing the first iteration of the proposed design of a GE⊕ Lunar…
Indian astronomers explore open cluster NGC 6940 with AstroSat Using the AstroSat spacecraft, astronomers from the Birla Institute of Technology…
Studying combustion and fire safety Research on the International Space Station is helping scientists to understand how fire spreads and…
Using smart materials to deploy a Dark Age explorer One of the most significant constraints on the size of objects…
Lost in space? Just use relativity One of the hardest things for many people to conceptualize when talking about how…
Japan moon lander enters lunar orbit Japan’s SLIM space probe entered the moon’s orbit on Monday in a major step…
Why the universe might be a hologram A quarter century ago, physicist Juan Maldacena proposed the AdS/CFT correspondence, an intriguing…
Ancient stars could make elements with more than 260 protons The first stars of the universe were monstrous beasts. Comprised…
Hubble sights a galaxy with ‘forbidden’ light This whirling image features a bright spiral galaxy known as MCG-01-24-014, which is…
A Novel Strategy for Catching Up to an Interstellar Object Reaching ‘Oumuamua through some kind of statite technology, an idea…
Laser pointer + cat = science Learn why NASA got a cat to chase a laser pointer, see the Uranus…
Dancing and time For Rachel Bespaloff, philosophy was a sensual activity shaped by the rhythm of history, embodied in an…
NASA astronauts test SpaceX elevator concept for Artemis lunar lander NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Doug “Wheels” Wheelock participated in…
NASA astronauts test SpaceX elevator concept for Artemis lunar lander NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Doug “Wheels” Wheelock participated in…
International astronaut will be invited on future NASA moon landing An international astronaut will join U.S. astronauts on the moon…
New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a…
Forbidden Worlds? Theory Clashes with Observation Back before we knew for sure there were planets around other stars, the universe…
Photonic crystals could be exactly what Breakthrough Starshot is looking for Light sail technology is a fascinating concept and a…
Biggest solar flare in years temporarily disrupts radio signals on Earth A NASA telescope has captured the biggest solar flare…
Breakthrough Listen scans entire galaxies for signals from extremely advanced civilizations In 1960, Dr. Frank Drake led the first Search…
Trying to communicate with whales is like talking to extraterrestrials Communicating between species isn’t something that only has to take…
Alien clouds and those that peer through them From mythology to technology, clouds can’t keep us from seeing what lies…
When does after begin? Three earthquakes hit Mexico City on the same date in 1985, 2017 and 2022. The coincidence…
Entropy could be key to a planet’s habitability We all know that to have life on a world, you need…
NASA’s space station laser comm terminal achieves first link A NASA technology experiment on the International Space Station completed its…
Possible first ever synchrotron-based analysis of asteroid Bennu to be performed After an amazing journey, a grain from the asteroid…
NASA’s Perseverance rover deciphers ancient history of Martian lake Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance…
SETI: Musings on the Barrow Scale John Barrow has been on my mind these past few days, for reasons that…
A 14-inch spacecraft delivers new details about ‘hot Jupiters’ A spacecraft the size of a cereal box has collected precise…
Asteroid will pass in front of bright star Betelgeuse to produce a rare eclipse visible to millions One of the…
The longstanding mystery of Mars’ moons—and the mission that could solve it The two small moons of Mars, Phobos (about…
Image: Hubble captures a cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud This striking Hubble Space Telescope image shows the densely packed…
Getting around in space Planets move around a star, spacecraft make their way across planets and through space, and Planetary…
The two Chomskys The US military’s greatest enemy worked in an institution saturated with military funding. How did it shape…
China scores a big win in race with US for influence on the moon China notched a diplomatic victory in…
China scores a big win in race with US for influence on the moon China notched a diplomatic victory in…
Physics behind unusual behavior of stars’ super flares discovered Our sun actively produces solar flares that can impact Earth, with…
Talking to Starglider When we’ve discussed interstellar ‘interlopers’ like ‘Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov, the science fiction-minded among us have now and…
Exploring the limitations of asteroid crater lakes as climate archives In southern Germany just north of the Danube, there lies…
