What’s Going on With the Mars Sample Return Mission?

Anybody with a modicum of intellectual curiosity is looking forward to the NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return…

Wow. JWST Just Found Methane in an Exoplanet Atmosphere

If there’s one chemical that causes excitement in the search for biosignatures on other worlds, it’s…

Webb’s Infrared Eye Reveals the Heart of the Milky Way

The JWST is taking a break from studying the distant Universe and has trained its infrared…

A Galaxy Seen When the Universe was Only 332 Million Years Old

It’s wonderful to watch the fascination on people’s faces when you explain to them that studying…

In the Shadow of Saturn’s Rings

I can remember it very well, although not actually sure when it was, back around 1995/1996…

ESA’s Juice Mission is Approaching Earth. Why Has it Come Home Before Visiting Jupiter?

JUICE Prepares for a first of its kind double-flyby next year. A Jupiter-bound mission adjusted its…

JWST Peers into the Atmosphere of a Puffy, Fluffy Planet!

Exoplanets are definitely a bit of a hot topic at the moment. Throw in a sprinkling…

SpaceX Tested Its Starship Again. Successful Launch But Both Vehicles Were Destroyed

After months of waiting, SpaceX made its second attempt at an orbital flight this past Saturday…

If You’re Trying to Prevent an Asteroid Impact, the Technical and Political Challenges are Staggering

While preparing for the threat of an asteroid strike might seem like a hypothetical exercise, it’s…

CERN Has Joined the Search for Dark Photons

In the search for dark matter particles, there are two main approaches. The first is to…