How Bad Can Solar Storms Get? Ask the Trees

One of the many threats facing space travellers and indeed our own planet is that of…

The Webb Discovers a Rich Population of Brown Dwarfs Outside the Milky Way

This stunning image of a star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is more than…

NASA is Building Telescopes for the LISA Mission

Some of the most cataclysmic and mysterious events in the cosmos only reveal themselves by their…

White Dwarf Stars May be Shrouded in Extremely Light Particles Called Axions

Since the 1960s, astronomers have theorized that the Universe may be filled with a mysterious mass…

There’s a Particle Accelerator at the Center of the Milky Way

Nestled on the slopes of Cerro La Negra at an elevation of 13,000 feet is an…

Asteroid A11dc6D impacts Earth over eastern Pacific Ocean — 10th predicted Earth impactor on record

According to data provided by the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), A11dc6D entered Earth’s atmosphere…

Lake Erie fireball leaves glowing trail over Ohio, U.S.

The American Meteor Society (AMS) received over 530 reports about a bright fireball seen over Lake…

This Early Impact Devastated Life then Gave it a Boost

Most of us know about the impact that wiped out the dinosaurs about 66 million years…

New Research Reveals Provides Insight into Mysterious Features on Airless Worlds

Between 2011 and 2018, NASA’s Dawn mission conducted extended observations of Ceres and Vesta, the largest…

Testing Heat Shields for Different Atmospheres

Testing is one of the unsung steps in the engineering process. Talk to any product development…