Mars has dried out over the past 4 billion years, and that may be partly because…
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SpaceX is about to send four astronauts to the ISS for six-month stay
A few months after SpaceX first sent astronauts into space, the company is now fully certified…
Asteroid-munching microbes could mine materials from space rocks
Some microbes break down rocks and leach certain elements out of them for nutrients, and experiments…
The Space Between Worlds review: Sci-fi with the multiverse done right
Micaiah Johnson’s debut novel, The Space Between Worlds, is a witty, deep and savvy tale about…
Jupiter’s moon Europa has ice that may glow green in the dark
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa may glow in the dark, which could help NASA’s Europa Clipper mission…
Why the vast emptiness of space isn't really that empty after all
Space-time may seem empty, but the expanse between stars is filled with more interesting stuff than…
Weird space radio signal tracked to its source for the first time
Strange blasts of radio waves called fast radio bursts have been spotted all over the cosmos,…
There could be up to 5 billion habitable planets in the Milky Way
Half the stars similar to the sun in our galaxy could host an Earth-like rocky planet…
There could be around 5 billion habitable planets in the Milky Way
Half the stars similar to the sun in our galaxy could host an Earth-like rocky planet…
Exoplanets that orbit close to their star may have been pushed there
Strange exoplanets called hot Jupiters may be thrown into extremely short 10-day-long orbits because they are…