Scientists Want to Use the Moon to Safeguard Earth’s Biodiversity

There’s something wrong with us. We’ve risen to prominence on a world that’s positively “rippling with…

China’s Lunar Samples Contain Graphene Flakes

In 2004, scientists at the University of Manchester first isolated and investigated graphene, the supermaterial composed…

The Surface of Dimorphos is Surprisingly New

When NASA’s DART mission intentionally slammed into Dimorphos in September 2022, the orbit of the moonlet…

A Tower On The Moon Could Provide Astronauts With Light, Power, and Guidance

Technologies for enabling NASA’s Artemis mission are coming thick and fast, as plenty of problems must…

How Oumuamua Changes Our Perspective on Galactic Panspermia

Panspermia is an innately attractive idea that’s gained prominence in recent decades. Yet, among working scientists,…

A New Model Explains How Gas and Ice Giant Planets Can Form Rapidly

The most widely recognized explanation for planet formation is the accretion theory. It states that small…

A Unique Combination of Antennas Could Revolutionize Remote Sensing

Bigger antennas are better, at least according to researchers interested in geospatial monitoring. That’s because higher…

This Binary Asteroid is Messed Up. It’s Probably Earth’s Fault

Space is big, really big! Finding new asteroids which are usually dark against the inky blackness…

Why is the Sun’s Corona So Hot? One Hypothesis Down, Many to Go

The temperature of the Sun’s corona is a minimum of 100 times hotter than the Sun’s…

A New Study Shows How our Sun Could Permantly Capture Rogue Planets!

Interest in interstellar objects (ISOs) was ignited in 2017 when ‘Oumuamua flew through our Solar System…