There are Places on Earth Which Could Have Life, but Don’t. What Can We Learn?

Don’t know about you but when I think of Earth my mind is filled with the…

A New Space Telescope is Giving Us New Insights Into Gamma Ray Bursts

The Einstein Probe was launched in January 2024 to look at X-ray transients, among other things.…

Large fireball over Spain shines as bright as the Moon

A large fireball was seen over the skies of Spain on January 24, 2025, shining as…

Newly found asteroid 2024 PT5 ejected from the Moon after high-energy impact

Astronomers have identified a small near-Earth object (NEO), designated 2024 PT5, which appears to have originated…

A Marsquake Reveals Why Mars has Two Very Different Hemispheres

Even with all we’ve learned about Mars in recent decades, the planet is still mysterious. Most…

Vera Rubin Completes its Comprehensive System Tests

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, previously known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), will be…

Could Ocean Worlds Support Life?

There might be a type of exoplanet without dry land. They’re called “Hycean” worlds, a portmanteau…

Even More Planets Were Hiding in Kepler’s Fields

Kepler was one of the most successful exoplanet-hunting missions so far. It discovered 2,600 confirmed exoplanets…

NASA is Testing Shape Memory Alloy Wheels

Rovers on alien worlds need to be built of strong stuff. The dry rugged terrain can…

Astronomers Release a Huge Survey of Exocomet Belts

The study of exoplanets is challenging enough with the immense distances and glare from the host…