Even Tiny Amounts of DNA on Mars Will Be Detectable
The Search for Life is focused on the search for biosignatures. Planetary life leaves a chemical fingerprint on a planet's…
It’s Official. No More Astronomy at Arecibo
Even though the National Science Foundation announced last year that it would not rebuild or replace the iconic Arecibo radio…
Chinese Astronauts May Build a Base Inside a Lunar Lava Tube
Caves were some of humanity's first shelters. Who knows what our distant ancestors were thinking as they sought refuge there,…
Finally! Astronomers are Starting to See the First Galaxies Coming Together With JWST
One of the James Webb Space Telescope’s principal science goals is to observe the epoch where we think that the…
Gaia is Now Finding Planets. Could it Find Another Earth?
The ESA launched Gaia in 2013 with one overarching goal: to map more than one billion stars in the Milky…
Why Build Megastructures? Just Move Planets Around to Make Habitable Worlds
A new study recommends we stop looking for megastructures and start searching for advanced civilizations who have moved multiple planets…
The Darkest Parts of the Moon are Revealed with NASA’s New Camera
While the surface of the Moon has been mapped in incredible detail over the last several decades, one region has…
Did the Moon’s Water Come from Earth?
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy examines how processes within the Earth’s magnetic field could be contributing to the…
The OSIRIS-REx Capsule Has Landed! Asteroid Samples Returned!
The samples obtained by NASA's OSIRIS-REx of the asteroid Bennu landed this morning and will be analyzed shortly!
OSIRIS-REx Returns This Sunday!
On Sunday, September 24th, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will deliver samples from the asteroid Benny.