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The Square Kilometre Array Releases its First Test Image
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) remains under construction with completion still a few years away. However,…
Astronomers Think They’ve Found a Reliable Biosignature. But There’s a Catch
The search for life has become one of the holy grails of science. With the increasing…
China’s Flagship Space Telescope Launches in 2027. Here’s How it’ll Change Cosmology
The China Space Station Telescope (CSST), also known as Xuntian, is a next generation space observatory…
One Instrument on the Failed Lunar Lander Did a Little Science
When Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus Lander launched for the Moon in February 2024, it faced a number…
What’s the Deadliest Part of a Supernova Explosion?
What’s the deadliest part of a supernova explosion? To estimate this we have to look at…
Exploding Stars May Have Caused Two of Earth’s Mass Extinctions
Nothing can withstand a powerful supernova explosion. Only distance can dull their power, and that distance…
A New Company Plans to Prospect the Moon
By Andy Tomaswick March 17, 2025 Helium-3 (He-3) on the Moon’s surface has drawn attention for…
Giant Exoplanets Have Elliptical Orbits. Smaller Planets Follow Circular Orbits
We are so familiar with our solar system that we often presume it is generally how…
NASA astronauts stranded in orbit set for long-awaited return after nine months on ISS
For nearly nine months, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore have remained aboard the International…