For Their Next Trick, Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Detect Collapsing Stars

The merging of black holes and neutron stars are among the most energetic events in the…

Giant Low-Frequency Scan Searches for Aliens in 2,800 Galaxies

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has fascinated us for decades. Now a team of researchers…

NASA’s New Solar Sail Extends Its Booms and Sets Sail

Solar sails are an exciting way to travel through the Solar System because they get their…

Webb Discovers Six New “Rogue Worlds” that Provide Clues to Star Formation

Rogue Planets, or free-floating planetary-mass objects (FFPMOs), are planet-sized objects that either formed in interstellar space…

A NASA Rocket Has Finally Found Earth’s Global Electric Field

Scientists have discovered that Earth has a third field. We all know about the Earth’s magnetic…

What Type of Excavator Is Most Suitable for Asteroids?

Digging in the ground is so commonplace on Earth that we hardly ever think of it…

Rare daylight fireball over Eastern Cape, South Africa, explosions heard over 200 km (120 miles) away

A very rare daylight fireball was seen and heard over Eastern Cape, South Africa on Sunday,…

The Rubin Observatory Will Unleash a Flood of NEO Detections

After about 10 years of construction, the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) is scheduled to see its…

What if you Flew Your Warp Drive Spaceship into a Black Hole?

Warp drives have a long history of not existing, despite their ubiquitous presence in science fiction.…

DART Did More Than Deter Dimorphos; It Sent It Into a Chaotic Tumble

In 2022, NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft collided with an object named Dimorphos. The…