China joins the exoplanet hunt China’s contributions to the detection and characterization of exoplanets have so…
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About the Author Dr. Bruce Betts, Chief Scientist at The Planetary Society, is a celebrated space…
Why the “habitable zone” doesn’t always mean…
And there are more problems with M star systems. Here on Earth, we have a 24-hour…
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JWST has found rogue planets that may have formed like stars. The space telescope observed the young…
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Is nuking an asteroid a good idea? The idea of using a nuclear bomb to deal with…
Ramses: A new mission racing to land on…
Now, much of the Hera team is also working on Ramses. As Carnelli puts it, the…
A billion dollars short: a progress report on…
Budgetary highlights of decadal priorities There are many programmatic and mission recommendations in the decadal survey.…
What would happen if we nuked an asteroid?
Depending on the size and composition of the asteroid and the power of the nuclear device,…
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Europa, like Mars, is thought to hide liquid water beneath its surface. This makes the moon of…
Why NASA does space science and not the…
Enabling scientific research is a responsibility of the government In the waning days of World War…