The Knowledge We Don’t Yet Have

We have gained so much powerful knowledge in the past few hundred years. But there’s still…

Juice mission on track, world’s first lunar-Earth flyby successfully redirects spacecraft to Venus

The European Space Agency’s JUICE mission successfully completed the world’s first lunar-Earth flyby on August 20,…

Debris from DART could Hit Earth and Mars Within a Decade

On Sept. 26th, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroids Redirect Test (DART) collided with Dimorphos, the small moonlet…

There Might Be Water on the Surface of the Metal Asteroid Psyche

While a NASA probe heads for an asteroid known as Psyche, telescopes have been probing it…

The NASA Break the Ice Challenge Awards $1.5M to Two Start-Ups

We might be a little late on reporting for this one – the space exploration community…

Could We Ever Harness Quantum Vacuum Energy?

The fabric of spacetime is roiling with vibrating quantum fields, known as the vacuum energy. It’s…

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Set to Perform This Fall

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS may be one to watch for at dawn late next month. If predictions and…

The Wow! Signal Deciphered. It Was Hydrogen All Along.

In 1977, astronomers received a powerful, peculiar radio signal from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.…

Citizen Scientists Find a Star Escaping the Milky Way

Citizen science is such a great concept. Using the combined computing power of a gazillion (exaggeration)…

The Secrets Hiding in the Vacuum

Empty space is nothing but. According to the weird rules of quantum mechanics, it’s actually filled…