Mars Has the Remnants of a Lopsided Magnetic Field

By Andy Tomaswick April 19, 2025 Scientists have known for a while that Mars currently lacks…

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Complete Space Station Expedition

NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth Saturday, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan…

The Evidence for Ancient Supernovae Is Buried Underground

The solar system is currently embedded deep within the Local Bubble, a region of relatively low…

Searching for Life on Mars in the Snow and Ice

The surface of Mars is extremely cold, irradiated, and desiccated. But at one time, the planet…

Signs of life detected on exoplanet K2-18b

A team from the University of Cambridge, led by Nikku Madhusudhan, reported the detection of dimethyl…

The ARRL Solar Report

04/18/2025 Spaceweather.com reports a Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection on April 15 sparked geomagnetic storms.  On April…

Testing in the Clouds: NASA Flies to Improve Satellite Data

In February, NASA’s ER-2 science aircraft flew instruments designed to improve satellite data products and Earth…

A New Concept for an Astrobiology Mission to Enceladus

This year’s Lunar Planetary Science Conference (2025 LPSC) saw some truly astounding presentations and proposals. These…

A Fond Farewell: NASA’s C-130 Begins New Mission in California

NASA’s C-130 Hercules, fondly known as the Herc, went wheels up at 9:45 a.m., Friday, April…

What Blew Up the Local Bubble?

In our neighborhood of the Milky Way, we see a region surrounding the solar system that…