Artemis I mission data show astronauts sent to the moon aboard Orion will be protected from radiation

Artemis I instruments and radiation environments. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07927-7 According to a large team…

Detailed model suggests organic matter on Mars was formed from atmospheric formaldehyde

Diagram showing the processes of how organic matter was formed on early Mars. Credit: Shungo Koyama…

Could interstellar quantum communications involve Earth or solve the Fermi paradox?

The allowable wavelengths for interstellar quantum communications. For a given distance away (left vertical axis), quantum…

SpaceX pushes booster recovery limits with satellite launch

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX pushed one of its most-used boosters to its limits with a…

Second-gen Starlink satellites leak 30 times more radio interference, threatening astronomical observations

Distances and power flux density measurements of Starlink satellites that passed through the beam pattern of…

Webb Telescope provides another look into galactic collisions

This composite image of Arp 107, created with data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam…

New cosmic distance catalog could unlock the mysteries of universe formation

The William Herschel Telescope in La Palma, Spain. Credit: PAUS team A new catalog providing information…

NASA’s new tech for space timekeeping

Work on the quantum clock synchronization protocol takes place in this NASA Goddard lab. Credit: NASA/Matthew…

Work is underway on NASA’s next-generation asteroid hunter

This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s NEO Surveyor in deep space. The black-paneled angular structure in the…

Scientists have found evidence of past extreme solar storms—they could be disastrous for technology-based society

Credit: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory, Atmospheric Imaging Assembly In September 1859, the same year that Darwin…