Multimode Propulsion Could Revolutionize How We Launch Things to Space
In a few years, as part of the Artemis Program, NASA will send the "first woman and first person of…
China Trains Next Batch of Taikonauts
China has a fabulously rich history when it comes to space travel and was among the first to experiment in…
NASA Focusses in on Artemis III Landing Sites.
It was 1969 that humans first set foot on the Moon. Back then, the Apollo mission was the focus of…
The Connection Between Black Holes and Dark Energy is Getting Stronger
The discovery of the accelerated expansion of the Universe has often been attributed to the force known as dark energy.…
Will Advanced Civilizations Build Habitable Planets or Dyson Spheres
Freeman Dyson proposed that advanced civilizations might eventually harvest all the energy coming from their stars by surrounding them with…
This is What it Sounds Like When the Earth’s Poles Flip
Is there something strange and alien confined deep inside the Earth? Is it trying to break free and escape into…
Orbital Debris is Getting Out of Control
In 1978, NASA scientists Donald J. Kessler and Burton G. Cour-Palais proposed a scenario where the density of objects in…
Webb Reveals a Steam World Planet Orbiting a Red Dwarf
The JWST has found an exoplanet unlike any other. This unique world has an atmosphere almost entirely composed of water…
NASA Wants to Move Heavy Cargo on the Moon
While new rockets and human missions to the Moon are in the press, NASA is quietly thinking through the nuts…
Learning More About Supernovae Through Stardust
Dust grains older than the Sun can tell us about how supernovae enriched the cosmos with heavy elements, but the…