NPR’s Leila Fadel talks to Marlon Sorge of Aerospace Corporation, which tracks space junk, about who…
ESA – Pale blue (supernova) dot
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features the galaxy LEDA 22057, which is located about 650 million…
NASA Scientists Discover “Dark Comets” Come in Two Populations.
On October 19th, 2017, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System-1 (Pan-STARRS-1) in Hawaii announced…
Could There Be Bacteria Living on Mars Today?
Mars is often considered to be the planet most similar to the Earth. Earth however, is…
Is There a Fundamental Logic to Life?
One of the more daunting questions related to astrobiology—the search for life in the cosmos—concerns the…
Could Habitable White Dwarf Planets Retain Their Oceans? Maybe.
Potentially habitable exoplanets are so incredibly common that astronomers have started to consider more unusual situations…
Best of 2024: Total Solar Eclipse in Indianapolis
A total solar eclipse is seen from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Monday, April 8, 2024, in…
Using an Oil Industry Framework to Map Space Resources
Cracking the chicken-and-egg problem of utilizing resources in space has been a difficult challenge for over…
Mystery dark spot on Enceladus intrigues scientists
View larger. | The Cassini spacecraft caught this view of the surface of Enceladus, a moon…
Two CMEs impact Earth, producing G4 – Severe geomagnetic storm
The first CME reached the NOAA’s DSCOVR and ACE spacecraft at the L1 Lagrange point (approximately…