Could Space-based Satellites Power Remote Mines?
Many space-based technologies are still looking for their "killer app" - the thing that they do better than anything else…
Accident on the ISS, JWST Deep Field, Space Habitat Goes BANG!
Splashdown! Artemis I has returned home. Webb has made its first Deep Field survey. Listen to the sound of a…
Aztecs Used an Extremely Accurate Solar Observatory to Manage Their Farming
A new study demonstrates how the Mexico (Aztecs) kept track of solar cycles to guide their agricultural practices
Are Planets Tidally Locked to Red Dwarfs Habitable? It’s Complicated
Astronomers are keenly interested in red dwarfs and the planets that orbit them. Up to 85% of the stars in…
Juno has Been Touring Jupiter’s Moons on its Extended Mission. Next Stop: Volcanic Io
For a tiny moon orbiting a giant planet, Io sure packs a giant wallop. It's the most volcanic world in…
Avatars Return to the Movies — and Find a Real-Life Foothold
Thirteen years after the original “Avatar” movie came out, the idea of human minds inhabiting alien bodies is returning for an amped-up…
NOAA’s New Weather Satellite is Operational, and its Pictures of Earth are Gorgeous
You'd have to be in some kind of sense-of-wonder-repressed coma not to appreciate satellite images of Earth. If you are,…
Earth’s Water is 4.5 Billion Years Old
The origin of Earth's water has been an enduring mystery. There are different hypotheses and theories explaining how the water…
A Soyuz Capsule on ISS is Leaking Coolant Into Space
There is an ongoing incident at the International Space Station involving a coolant leak from a docked Soyuz MS-22 crew…
Here's a new Image of the Carina Nebula From Hubble
Like a famous (and photogenic) actor followed by paparazzi, the Carina Nebula is one of the most photographed objects in…