AI’s Costly JWST Mistake, 33-Engine Super Heavy Test, Problems in Orbit
SpaceX tests all 33 engines on Super Heavy. The worst-case scenario for space debris actually happened. A kilonova is coming.…
It's Time for Mysterious Spokes to Appear in Saturn's Rings
The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured the appearance of several asymmetrical ‘spokes’ rising above the rings of Saturn, marking a…
Dust From the Moon Could Help the Shade the Earth and Slow Down Climate Change
A new study considers how lunar dust launched from the surface of the Moon could help reverse Climate Change.
A Green Bank Telescope Prototype Radar System Can Image the Moon in High-Resolution and Detect Asteroids
Everyone loves taking pictures of the Moon. Whether it’s with their phones or through the wonders of astrophotography, photographing the…
Humans Can Still Find Galaxies That Machine Learning Algorithms Miss
Amateur astronomer Giuseppe Donatiello discovered three faint galaxies that machine learning missed.
New Spacecraft Can See Into the Permanently Shadowed Craters on the Moon
Shackleton Crater at the lunar south pole is one of the locations on NASA’s shortlist for human exploration with the…
Curiosity Just Found its Strongest Evidence of Ancient Water and Waves on Mars
This week, NASA’s Curiosity rover stumbled across the best evidence yet that liquid water once covered much of Mars in…
Machine Learning is a Powerful Tool When Searching for Exoplanets
A new machine learning technique will help astronomers detect young exoplanets in disks surrounding other stars.
Images From Three Telescopes Merged Into One Spectacular Picture of the Sun
You’ve probably never seen our Sun look like this before. This bizarre image of old Sol is made from data…
More Data and Machine Learning has Kicked SETI Into High Gear
An international team of SETI researchers used a new algorithm to look for technosignatures in GBT data. They found 8…