The Rugged Desert Moss Best Equipped to Survive on Mars

For decades, we have seen Mars as a desolate landscape devoid of any signs of life.…

NASA Imagines a Catastrophic Asteroid Impact to Study How to Prevent it

The Netflix movie Don’t Look Up received plenty of accolades for its scarily realistic portrayal of…

A Moon Base Will Need a Transport System

Through the Artemis Program, NASA will return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time…

Mapping the Milky Way’s Dark Matter Halo

Anytime astronomers talk of mapping the Milky Way I am always reminded how tricky the study…

Ammonites Were Doing Fine Until the Asteroid Hit

I must confess, I think asteroids and I think of movies like Deep Impact or Armageddon!…

A Handy Attachment Could Make Lunar Construction a Breeze

Moving large amounts of regolith is a requirement for any long-term mission to the Moon or…

Webb Looks at One of the Best Gravitationally Lensed Quasars Ever Discovered

It looks like a distant ring with three sparkly jewels, but the Webb telescope’s (JWST) most…

NASA’s Skyrocketing Need for Cargo Deliveries to the Moon

NASA has big plans for the Moon. Through the Artemis Program, NASA plans to create a…

How Will the Next One Play Out?

Wars in space are no longer just science fiction. In fact, Space War I has been…

Black Holes Dominate Large Regions of Space, But They’re Mysterious

In the beginning, the Universe was all primordial gas. Somehow, some of it was swept up…