For decades, astronomers have said that one of the most optimal places to build large telescopes…
Star clouds in the Milky Way are doing the wave
A huge structure of star clouds – containing stellar nurseries – in our sun’s backyard are…
A Planetary Disk in the Orion Nebula is Destroying and Replenishing Oceans of Water Every Month
Planet-forming disks are places of chaotic activity. Not only do planetesimals slam together to form larger…
Can Humans Endure the Psychological Torment of Mars?
What about the mission’s psychological aspect? The monotony? The loneliness? “I’m a hardware person first,” McCauley…
Growing black hole is the most luminous object ever observed by astronomers
The exceptional quasar J0529−4351. Credit: Nature Astronomy (2024). A new study published in Nature Astronomy describes…
Fresh insights from rocks formed 3.5 billion years ago
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Our Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. Way back in its…
The first commercial spacecraft to reach the moon is on its side but still functioning
An update on Odysseus, the first commercial spacecraft to reach the moon. It is now on…
Recent events raise questions about the role of space in global politics
News of a Russian nuclear-powered space device has brought attention to how space is being weaponized.…
Have a look at the whos, whats and whens of leap year through time
A calendar shows the month of February, including leap day, Feb. 29, on Saturday, Feb. 24,…
Brrr. JWST Looks at the Coldest Brown Dwarf
What are the atmospheric compositions of cold brown dwarf stars? This is what a recent study…