New Study Examines How Extraterrestrial Civilizations Could Become “Stellarvores.”

One of the most challenging aspects of astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is…

How Life Could Live Under the Ice on Mars

Mars has been a fascination to us for centuries. Early observations falsely gave impressions of an…

A Screw-Driven Robot Could Autonomously Mine Rocky Worlds

Navigating the harsh terrain of other rocky worlds has consistently been challenging. The Free Spirit campaign…

NASA’s JPL Lays Off Another 325 People

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab has announced a second round of layoffs for 2024, this time laying…

Very bright fireball lights up sky over Montana on November 13, visible across Canada and U.S.

A very bright fireball was seen and recorded for northwestern Montana at 06:33 LT (13:33 UTC)…

Lessons From Ancient Earth’s Atmosphere: From Hostile to Hospitable

Will we ever understand how life got started on Earth? We’ve learned much about Earth’s long,…

Astronomers Defy the Zone of Avoidance to Find Hundreds of New Galaxies

There is a region of the sky where astronomers fear to look. Filled with dark clouds…

Early Black Holes Fed 40x Faster than Should Be Possible

The theory goes that black holes accrete material, often from nearby stars. However the theory also…

An Otherworldly Cloud Over New Zealand

Filmmakers love New Zealand. Its landscapes evoke other worlds, which explains why so much of The…

A Spider Stellar Engine Could Move Binary Stars Halfway Across a Galaxy

Eventually, every stellar civilization will have to migrate to a different star. The habitable zone around…