Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are notoriously difficult to study. They are flashes of radio light that…
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NASA Scientists Discover “Dark Comets” Come in Two Populations.
On October 19th, 2017, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System-1 (Pan-STARRS-1) in Hawaii announced…
Could There Be Bacteria Living on Mars Today?
Mars is often considered to be the planet most similar to the Earth. Earth however, is…
Is There a Fundamental Logic to Life?
One of the more daunting questions related to astrobiology—the search for life in the cosmos—concerns the…
Could Habitable White Dwarf Planets Retain Their Oceans? Maybe.
Potentially habitable exoplanets are so incredibly common that astronomers have started to consider more unusual situations…
Using an Oil Industry Framework to Map Space Resources
Cracking the chicken-and-egg problem of utilizing resources in space has been a difficult challenge for over…
The Webb Captures Spectra of Trans-Neptunian Objects, and Reveals a History of Our Solar System
Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) are small planetoids that orbit the Sun beyond Neptune and Pluto. Their dark…
This Particle Only Has Mass When Moving in One Direction
Particle physics is not everyone’s cup of tea. A team of physicists have theorised the existence…
Crisscrossing Dust Devil Tracks Across the Surface of Mars
An incredible image of Mars has been released that captures the relentless activity of dust devils,…
A Long-Term Lunar Infrastructure Hub Named After the Object That Created the Moon
Getting back to the Moon is the primary goal of NASA’s Artemis program, but what do…