The crescent moon and Venus are pictured in Bangkok in 2023. A failed Soviet lander bound…
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Why astronomers are unconvinced K2-18b is home to alien life : Short Wave : NPR
This artistic rendering of what an exoplanet like K2-18b, a possible water world, could look like.…
Stranded Soviet spacecraft to plunge back to Earth
NPR’s Don Gonyea speaks with astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell about Kosmos 482, the Soviet-era spacecraft that was…
Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX’s Starlinks : NPR
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with a payload of 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper…
Biosignatures or noise? New analysis of K2-18b data casts doubt : NPR
Scientists are debating whether data from the James Webb Space Telescope is really pointing to biosignature…
Vera C. Rubin observatory to film 10-year-long night sky ‘movie’ : Short Wave : NPR
Rubin Observatory at night in March 2024. Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/A. Pizarro D. hide caption toggle caption Rubin…
‘Planet parade’ of Mercury, Venus and Saturn visible this week : NPR
Mercury, Venus and Saturn will be visible in the predawn Friday morning sky. NASA/JPL-Caltech/NASA hide caption…
Trump wants a Golden Dome over America. Here’s what it would take : NPR
The U.S. military tests its land-based Aegis missile defense system in 2018. Such systems can track…
Why you probably won’t be living on Mars anytime soon : Short Wave : NPR
An image of rocks on Mars. Biologist Kelly Weinersmith and cartoonist Zach Weinersmith spent four years…
Space telescope spots possible signs of life on alien planet. Some are skeptical : NPR
This artist’s impression depicts what a water world with a hydrogen atmosphere, such as planet K2-18b,…