It’s Time for the Mars Rovers to Hunker Down and Wait for the Earth to Return
If you've noticed a slowdown in Mars news lately, it's because of the Sun. Or, rather, it's because the Sun…
Saturn’s Rings will Disappear in 2025. Don’t Worry, They’ll Return Soon Enough
The rings of Saturn are some of the most well-known and captivating spectacles in the night sky, which are so…
Gaze Into the Heart of the Milky Way in This Latest JWST Image
Thanks to its infrared capabilities, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) allows astronomers to peer through the gas and dust…
A Robotic Chemist Could Whip up the Perfect Batch of Oxygen on Mars
Humans on Mars will need oxygen, and Mars' atmosphere is pretty anemic when it comes to the life-sustaining element. NASA's…
A New Technique Has Dramatically Improved ALMA’s Resolution
To those familiar with optical telescopes, the idea of doing something to achieve higher resolution with their telescope may seem…
NASA Tests a Prototype Europa Lander
NASA engineers are testing a prototype for a Europa Lander, which will search the surface of Jupiter's icy moon for…
Under Some Conditions, Comets Could Deliver Organic Molecules to Planets
New research shows how comets could deliver the building blocks for life in systems with close-orbiting planets, aiding in the…
The Universe Can't Hide Behind the Zone of Avoidance Any Longer
The Solar System sits within the galactic plane, so it was once impossible to look past the core of the…
ALMA Takes Next-Level Images of a Protoplanetary Disk
The ESO's Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is perched high in the Chilean Andes. ALMA is made of 66 high-precision…
We’re Entering a New Age When Spacecraft Communicate With Lasers
In October 2023, NASA launched its long-awaited on-again, off-again Psyche mission. The spacecraft is on its way to study the…