Ancient Rocks in Mars’ Jezero Crater Confirm Habitability

According to NASA’s Perseverance rover, ancient rocks in Jezero Crater formed in the presence of water.…

Galaxies in Dense Environments Get Larger

Galaxies are some of the largest clearly defined structures in space. There are trillions of them,…

Specialized Materials Could Passively Control the Internal Temperature of Space Habitats

Areas of space have wildly different temperatures depending on whether they are directly in sunlight or…

Galaxies in denser regions up to 25% larger than those in less crowded locations

A new study discovered that galaxies in denser astronomical surroundings are up to 25% larger than…

Webb Relieves the Hubble Tension

Sometimes, when scientists measure things differently, they get different results. Whenever that happens with something as…

Project Helianthus – a Solar Sail Driven Geomagnetic Storm Tracker

Solar storms captured the imagination of much of the American public earlier this year when auroras…

Discovery of a diamond-rich core-mantle boundary offers new information into Mercury’s evolution

Scientists discovered that Mercury may have a 16 km (10-mile) thick diamond layer at its core-mantle…

Ocean Salinity Affects Earth’s Climate. How About on Exoplanets?

There’s a link between Earth’s ocean salinity and its climate. Salinity can have a dramatic effect…

See JUICE Next Week During Its Earth-Moon Flyby

Well-placed observers have a rare opportunity to see an interplanetary spacecraft early next week. If skies…

New Study Shows Mars Could be Terraformed Using Resources that are Already There

The idea of terraforming Mars, making its atmosphere and environment more Earth-like for human settlement, goes…