How Could Astronauts Call for Help from the Moon?

Exploring the Moon poses significant risks, with its extreme environment and hazardous terrain presenting numerous challenges.…

There Was a 15 Minute Warning Before Tonga Volcano Exploded

Volcanoes are not restricted to the land, there are many undersea versions. One such undersea volcano…

Main Sequence and White Dwarf Binaries are Hiding in Plain Sight

Some binary stars are unusual. They contain a main sequence star like our Sun, while the…

What a Misplaced Meteorite Told Us About Mars

11 million years ago, Mars was a frigid, dry, dead world, just like it is now.…

Uranus is Getting Colder and Now We Know Why

Uranus is an oddball among the Solar System’s planets. While most planets’ axis of rotation is…

Sun-Like Stars Around Black Holes: What Gives?

Buried in the treasure trove of the Gaia catalog were two strange black hole systems. These…

How Scientists Repurposed a Camera on ESA’s Mars Express Mission

A camera aboard the Mars Express orbiter finds a new lease on life. Sometimes, limitations can…

SpIRIT CubeSat Demonstrates a Operational Gamma and X-Ray Detector

CubeSats are becoming more and more capable, and it seems like every month, another CubeSat is…

Starship (and Donald Trump) Make a Splash at Sixth Flight Test

SpaceX’s Starship launch system went through its sixth flight test today, and although the Super Heavy…

The Strange Pulsar at the Center of the Crab Nebula

Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we all have a vivid image of the Crab Nebula…