Why would a young Sun-like star suddenly belch out a hugely bright flare? That’s what astronomers…
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Even if We Can’t See the First Stars, We Could Detect Their Impact on the First Galaxies
For a long time, our understanding of the Universe’s first galaxies leaned heavily on theory. The…
Asteroid 2024 CH4 flew past Earth at 0.28 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2024 CH4 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.28 LD /…
Cosmic Dust Could Spread Life from World to World Across the Galaxy
Does life appear independently on different planets in the galaxy? Or does it spread from world…
Next Generation Spacesuit Gets Tested in Weightlessness
Considerable effort goes into the design of space suits and space agencies across the world are…
The SETI Ellipse Tells Us Where to Search for Extraterrestrial Civilizations
Of all the questions that remain unanswered, the question of life in the Universe is surely…
One of NASA’s Radio Dishes Can Now Track Space Lasers Too
Beamed communication in space is almost exclusively tracked by one network – NASA’s Deep Space Network…
Water Found on the Surface of an Asteroid
Our Solar System is a collection of objects from planets and moons to comets and asteroids.…
Could We Live Without Kilonovae?
It’s a classic statement shared at many public outreach events…’we are made of stardust’. It is…
The Vera Rubin’s Keen Eye On Our Solar System Will Inspire Future Missions
When the interstellar object (ISO) Oumuamua appeared in our Solar System in 2017, it generated a…