‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Points to the Past and Future of Moonshot Marketing

In a new movie titled “Fly Me to the Moon,” a marketing consultant played by Scarlett Johansson uses…

Study reveals major impacts of G5 – Extreme geomagnetic storm on satellite operations in May 2024

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) investigated the significant impacts and scientific insights from…

Solar Flares and Solar Magnetic Reconnection Get New Spotlight in Two Blazing Studies

Two recent studies published in The Astrophysical Journal discuss findings regarding solar flare properties and a…

A Close Pulsar Measures 11.4 km Across

When massive stars detonate as supernovae, they leave often behind a pulsar. These fast rotating stellar…

Mapping the Stars in a Dwarf Galaxy to Reveal its Dark Matter

Dark matter is curious stuff! As the name suggests, it’s dark making it notoriously difficult to…

Ariane 6 Rocket’s Debut Puts Europe Back in the Launch Game

Europe’s next-generation Ariane 6 rocket rose today for the first time from its South American spaceport,…

Do Planets Have the Raw Ingredients for Life? The Answer is in their Stars

Finding planets that already have, or have the ingredients for intelligent life is a real challenge.…

The Rugged Desert Moss Best Equipped to Survive on Mars

For decades, we have seen Mars as a desolate landscape devoid of any signs of life.…

NASA Imagines a Catastrophic Asteroid Impact to Study How to Prevent it

The Netflix movie Don’t Look Up received plenty of accolades for its scarily realistic portrayal of…

A Moon Base Will Need a Transport System

Through the Artemis Program, NASA will return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time…