The X-37B is Back After 908 Days in Orbit. What was it Doing up There? That's Classified
At 5:22 AM Eastern Time on November 12, the Space Force’s (and Air Force’s) X-37B spaceplane landed back on Earth…
A White Dwarf is Surrounded by Torn-up Pieces of its Inner Planets and its Kuiper Belt
What will happen to our Sun? In several billion years, it'll cease fusion, shrivel into a white dwarf, and emanate…
The Sun Could Hurl Powerful Storms at Earth From its Goofy Smile
Our Sun is the very reason we’re alive. It provides warmth and the energy our planet needs to keep going.…
New Observations Confirm That a Magnetar has a Solid Surface and No Atmosphere
Can a star have a solid surface? It might sound counterintuitive. But human intuition is a response to our evolution…
Gamma-ray Bursts Don’t Always Signal the Birth of a Black Hole, Sometimes It’s Just a New Neutron Star
Way out in the universe, a long time ago, a proto-magnetar was born. The birth was heralded by a gamma-ray…
It’ll be Tough to Stop an Asteroid at the Last Minute, but not Impossible
A team of satellite experts have designed a navigation system that could save Earth from a collision at the last…
NASA and ULA Successfully Test a Giant Inflatable Heat Shield That Could Land Heavier Payloads on Mars
A new type of heat shield was successfully tested last week, with the hopes this type of inflatable decelerator could…
Will Triton finally answer, ‘Are we alone?’
We recently examined how and why Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus, could answer the longstanding question: Are we alone? With its…
SLS Hurricanes, James Webb Fixed, Strange Quark Star
JWST’s MIRI is fully operational again. Have astronomers found the first strange star? The first test of an inflatable heat…
This Nearby Dwarf Galaxy has Been a Loner for Almost the Entire age of the Universe
The James Webb Early Science Release has allowed for all kinds of groundbreaking research, including the study of the nearby…