A recently submitted study to The Astronomical Journal continues to search for the elusive Planet Nine…
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China’s Chang’e-8 Mission Will Try to Make Bricks on the Moon
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has put out a call for international and industry partners…
Can the Gaia Hypothesis Be Tested in the Lab?
During the 1970s, inventor/environmentalist James Lovelock and evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis proposed the Gaia Hypothesis. This…
New NASA Report Suggests We Could See Space-Based Power After 2050
Space-based solar power (SBSP) has been in the news recently, with the successful test of a…
NASA is Done Setting Fires Inside its Doomed Cargo Spacecraft
Fire on a spacecraft can be catastrophic. It can spread quickly in a confined space, and…
Euclid Begins its 6-Year Survey of the Dark Universe
On July 1, 2023, the Galileo Spacecraft launched with a clear mission: to map the dark…
Asteroid 2024 CF7 to fly past Earth at 0.28 LD
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2024 CF7 will fly past Earth at a distance of 0.28 LD…
Passing Stars Changed the Orbits of Planets in the Solar System
The orbit of Earth around the Sun is always changing. It doesn’t change significantly from year…
Radio Telescope Confirms Free-Floating Binary Planets in the Orion Nebula
Planets orbit stars. That’s axiomatic. Or at least it was until astronomers started finding rogue planets,…
Engineers Design Habitats for the Moon Inspired by Terminite Mounds
Through the Artemis Program, NASA intends to send astronauts back to the Moon for the first…