SpaceX Moves Ahead With Launches After FAA Go-Ahead

The Federal Aviation Administration has ruled that SpaceX can resume Falcon 9 rocket launches while the…

Is This How You Get Hot Jupiters?

When we think of Jupiter-type planets, we usually picture massive cloud-covered worlds orbiting far from their…

A Solution to the “Final Parsec Problem?”

Supermassive Black Holes are Nature’s confounding behemoths. It’s difficult for Earth-bound minds to comprehend their magnitude…

Now Uranus’ Moon Ariel Might Have an Ocean too

Venus is known for being really quite inhospitable with high surface temperatures and Mars is known…

Why is JWST Having So Much Trouble with the TRAPPIST-1 System?

When the James Webb Space Telescope was launched it came with a fanfare expecting amazing things,…

Planetary Habitability Depends on its Star’s Magnetic Field

The extrasolar planet census recently passed a major milestone, with 5500 confirmed candidates in 4,243 solar…

Our Carbon Dioxide Emissions Have a Mesmerizing Side

Our CO2 emissions are warming the planet and making life uncomfortable and even unbearable in some…

Astronauts Can Now Watch 4K Streaming Video on the Station

We take high definition streaming for granted in many parts of the world. Even now, as…

The Shelf Life of Many Medications Is Shorter Than A Round Trip To Mars

Check any container of over-the-counter medicine, and you’ll see its expiration date. Prescription medicines have similar…

Astronomers Have Tools That Can Help Detect Deepfake Images

There’s a burgeoning arms race between Artificial Intelligence (AI) deepfake images and the methods used to…