More Evidence that Snow and Water Formed Many of Mars’s Landscapes

Ever since the Mariner probes and Viking missions travelled to Mars, scientists have known that liquid…

First Light from NASA’s New PUNCH Mission

By Andy Tomaswick April 22, 2025 Studying the Sun is becoming increasingly important as more and…

The Sun’s Natural Gravitational Lensing is More Powerful Than You Thought

Let’s turn the sun into a telescope. In fact, we don’t have to do any work…

Spiral Galaxy Seen Near the Beginning of Time

Spiral galaxies are characterised by their distinctive spiral arms of stars, gas, and dust that extend…

A Planet Found in Perpendicular Orbit Around Two Stars

Planetary systems orbiting binary stars represent a fascinating area of study where planetary orbits are complex…

Did the Moon’s Water Come From the Solar Wind?

Where did the water we believe is on the Moon come from? Most scientists think they…

Astronaut Don Pettit Celebrates his 70th Birthday By Returning to Earth’s Crushing Gravity

On September 11th, 2024, NASA astronaut Don Pettit travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) with…

NASA’s Lucy Probe Snaps Its Closeup of a Weirdly Shaped Asteroid

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft made a successful flyby of the second asteroid on its must-see list over…

Bacteria That Can Mimic Multi-Cellular Life

Scientists are still trying to understand the origin of multicellular life. It emerged about 1.2 billion…

What is the Most Powerful Telescope in the World?

Just how powerful is the world’s most powerful telescope? Let’s start with the human eye. The…