Simulating How Moon Landings Will Kick Up Dust

When spacecraft land on the Moon, their exhaust strikes the powdery regolith on the lunar surface.…

Saturn’s Rings will Disappear in 2025. Don’t Worry, They’ll Return Soon Enough

The rings of Saturn are some of the most well-known and captivating spectacles in the night…

Gaze Into the Heart of the Milky Way in This Latest JWST Image

Thanks to its infrared capabilities, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) allows astronomers to peer through…

A Robotic Chemist Could Whip up the Perfect Batch of Oxygen on Mars

Humans on Mars will need oxygen, and Mars’ atmosphere is pretty anemic when it comes to…

A New Technique Has Dramatically Improved ALMA’s Resolution

To those familiar with optical telescopes, the idea of doing something to achieve higher resolution with…

NASA Tests a Prototype Europa Lander

In 2024, NASA will launch the Europa Clipper, the long-awaited orbiter mission that will fly to…

Under Some Conditions, Comets Could Deliver Organic Molecules to Planets

Approximately 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago, the planets of the inner Solar System experienced many…

The Universe Can’t Hide Behind the Zone of Avoidance Any Longer

Our view of the cosmos is always limited by the fact we are located within a…

ALMA Takes Next-Level Images of a Protoplanetary Disk

The ESO’s Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is perched high in the Chilean Andes. ALMA is…

We’re Entering a New Age When Spacecraft Communicate With Lasers

In October 2023, NASA launched its long-awaited on-again, off-again Psyche mission. The spacecraft is on its…