Kardashev Type 2 Civilizations Might Be An Unsustainable Fantasy

We tend to think of Extraterrestrial Intelligences (ETIs)—if they exist—as civilizations that have overcome the problems…

The White House Releases its 2026 Budget Request for NASA. Cuts to SLS, Gateway and Orion

Earlier today, the Committee on Appropriations released its recommendations for discretionary funding for fiscal year 2026…

Book Review: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe – Space, Time and Motion

Has your dinner time conversations been dragging a bit of late? Feel like raising its knowledge…

Juno Continues to Teach us About Jupiter and Its Moons

The Juno spacecraft circling in Jovian space is the planetary science gift that just keeps on…

Scientists Gain a New Understanding of How Stars and Planets Form

As young stars form, they exert a powerful influence on their surroundings and create complex interactions…

How Kerbal Space Program is Inspiring Real Mission Designs

Between multiple space agencies sending crewed missions to the Moon and commercial entities looking to commercialize…

Super Earth’s are Pretty Common. We Just Don’t Have One.

The discovery of exoplanets has transformed astronomy since the early 1990s. Using methods like transit photometry…

JWST Sees How Methanol Evolves in the Outer Solar system

Understanding how life started on Earth means understanding the evolution of chemistry in the Solar System.…

New Research Traces Heavy Elements to Collapsing Stars

Based on accepted cosmological models, hydrogen and helium were the only elements in the early Universe.…

Hubble Spots a Magnetar Zipping Through the Milky Way

Magnetars are among the rarest – and weirdest – denizens of the galactic zoo. They have…