Northrup Grumman is Studying How to Build a Railway on the Moon

Roughly two years and six months from now, as part of NASA’s Artemis III mission, astronauts…

Red Giants Offer a New Way to Measure Distance in the Universe

For nearly three decades now, it’s been clear that the expansion of the Universe is speeding…

Starshot … Not? Get a Reality Check on the Search for Alien Civilizations

Fortunately, the real-world search for signs of extraterrestrial civilizations doesn’t have to deal with an alien…

Finding Atmospheres on Red Dwarf Planets Will Take Hundreds of Hours of Webb Time

The JWST is enormously powerful. One of the reasons it was launched is to examine exoplanet…

Upcoming nova explosion in T CrB star system offers rare night sky event

In a stellar event anticipated to occur between now and September 2024, the T Coronae Borealis…

Europa Might Not Be Able to Support Life in its Oceans

Can Europa’s massive, interior ocean contain the building blocks of life, and even support life as…

What Can Europa’s Surface Tell Us About the Thickness of Its Ice?

You can tell a lot about a planetary body just by looking at its surface, especially…

One in Twelve Stars Ate a Planet

That stars can eat planets is axiomatic. If a small enough planet gets too close to…

China’s Next Lunar Relay Satellite Blasts Off

Communication between spacecraft relies upon line of site technology, if anything is in the way, communication…

NASA Experiments Planned for the April 8th Total Solar Eclipse

Totality and the April 8th total solar eclipse offers a rare chance to study the Sun.…