A CubeSat Mission Will Detect X-rays from GRBs and Black-Hole Mergers

The long-awaited detection of gravitational waves has opened up a whole new world of astronomy. One…

NASA to Cover Two Spacewalks, Hold Preview News Conference

Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station, conducting U.S. spacewalk 91 on Thursday,…

3 years of the Webb telescope: Here’s what it’s discovered

View larger. | Artist’s illustration of the Webb Space Telescope, which has been probing the mysteries…

Venus is Important. We Should Take its Exploration Seriously.

When it comes to exploring our planetary neighbours, Mars tends to get a lot of the…

You’re Made of Carbon that Took a Journey into Intergalactic Space

I’ve used this fact a gazillion times; every atom in your body has been through the…

This Superbacteria can Withstand Enough Radiation to Kill a Person

Nature is filled with examples of extreme life (aka. extremophiles), which are so-called because they can…

An Early Supermassive Black Hole Took a Little Break Between Feasts

In the last couple of decades, it’s become increasingly clear that massive galaxies like our own…

Defying Gravity – NASA

A test subject being suited up for studies on the Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator located in…

A Dragon Reveals Individual Stars From A Time When the Universe Was Half Its Present Age

One powerful way to study the galaxies is to study individual stars. By looking at the…

Will Comet G3 ATLAS Perform at Perihelion?

Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS may put on a quick show this month. Comet G3 ATLAS on…