At left is the Hubble Space Telescope’s view of Neptune with its blue hue and white…
Surprisingly big organic molecules on Mars: A hint of life?
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the largest organic molecules on Mars we’ve yet seen. They seem…
Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end
Enabling & Support 27/03/2025 158 views 2 likes The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down…
Webb spies a spiral through a cosmic lens
This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features a rare cosmic phenomenon called an…
Gaia to Shut Down After More Than a Decade of Mapping the Milky Way
From ancient star streams to the innards of white dwarfs, the Gaia space telescope has seen…
The Europa Clipper Can Find the Best Landing Sites on the Ocean Moon
There’s a well-established paradigm in planetary body exploration. It begins with a flyby, then later an…
One Day We Might Seed the Universe With Life. But Should We?
Suppose humanity was faced with an extinction-level event. Not just high odds, but certain-sure. A nearby…
NASA’s X-59 Completes ‘Cruise Control’ Engine Speed Hold Test
The team behind NASA’s X-59 completed another critical ground test in March, ensuring the quiet supersonic…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Spots Auroras on Neptune for the First Time
The vermilion, amethyst and jade ribbons of the northern and southern lights are some of Earth’s…
Researchers are Continuing to Scale Up Lightsails That Could Explore the Cosmos
Lightsails are ultra-thin (about 1/1000th the width of a human hair,) large scale reflective structures that…