NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) was launched on August 12, 2018, with the goal of becoming…
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Ice is Starting to Cloud Euclid’s Optics
On July 1st, 2023, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Euclid Observatory, a mission that…
Northrup Grumman is Studying How to Build a Railway on the Moon
Roughly two years and six months from now, as part of NASA’s Artemis III mission, astronauts…
Red Giants Offer a New Way to Measure Distance in the Universe
For nearly three decades now, it’s been clear that the expansion of the Universe is speeding…
Starshot … Not? Get a Reality Check on the Search for Alien Civilizations
Fortunately, the real-world search for signs of extraterrestrial civilizations doesn’t have to deal with an alien…
Finding Atmospheres on Red Dwarf Planets Will Take Hundreds of Hours of Webb Time
The JWST is enormously powerful. One of the reasons it was launched is to examine exoplanet…
Upcoming nova explosion in T CrB star system offers rare night sky event
In a stellar event anticipated to occur between now and September 2024, the T Coronae Borealis…
Europa Might Not Be Able to Support Life in its Oceans
Can Europa’s massive, interior ocean contain the building blocks of life, and even support life as…
What Can Europa’s Surface Tell Us About the Thickness of Its Ice?
You can tell a lot about a planetary body just by looking at its surface, especially…
One in Twelve Stars Ate a Planet
That stars can eat planets is axiomatic. If a small enough planet gets too close to…