A Space Walking Robot Could Build a Giant Telescope in Space

The Hubble Space Telescope was carried to space inside the space shuttle Discovery and then released…

New Report Details What Happened to the Arecibo Observatory

In 1963, the Arecibo Observatory became operational on the island of Puerto Rico. Measuring 305 meters…

New Glenn Booster Moves to Launch Complex 36

Nine years ago, Blue Origin revealed the plans for their New Glenn rocket, a heavy-lift vehicle…

Habitable Worlds are Found in Safe Places

When we think of exoplanets that may be able to support life, we hone in on…

We Understand Rotating Black Holes Even Less Than We Thought

Black holes are real. We see them throughout the cosmos, and have even directly imaged the…

How Many Additional Exoplanets are in Known Systems?

One thing we’ve learned in recent decades is that exoplanets are surprisingly common. So far, we’ve…

Hubble and Webb are the Dream Team. Don’t Break Them Up

Many people think of the James Webb Space Telescope as a sort of Hubble 2. They…

Scientists Have Figured out why Martian Soil is so Crusty

On November 26th, 2018, NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) mission…

Another Way to Extract Energy From Black Holes?

The gravitational field of a rotating black hole is powerful and strange. It is so powerful…

Plastic Waste on our Beaches Now Visible from Space, Says New Study

According to the United Nations, the world produces about 430 million metric tons (267 U.S. tons)…