A Nearby Star Has Completely Blasted Away the Atmosphere From its Planet
What if you placed an Earth-sized planet in a close orbit around an M-dwarf star? It's more than an academic…
Chandra’s X-ray Vision Combined With JWST Reveals Even More Details About the Universe
NASA scientist have released images combining the early data from the James Webb Space Telescope with X-ray data taken with…
No More Big Rip, Pillars of Creation by JWST, Biggest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever
The Pillars of Creation revealed by JWST. It seems like Big Rip isn't happening after all. Black holes twisting spacetime…
Will Mars finally answer, ‘Are we alone?’
We recently examined how and why the planet Venus could answer the longstanding question: Are we alone? Despite its harsh…
Astronomers Find a “Marshmallow World”: the Lowest Density Gas Giant Ever Discovered
Exoplanet discovery space hosts all kinds of interesting "super" worlds. There are super-Earths, super-Neptunes, and, of course, Super-Jupiters. Recently, the…
Mars Could Have Been Warm and wet, While Earth was Still a Glowing Ball of Molten Rock
New research suggests that when Earth was still a ball of molten rock, Mars may have been covered in warm,…
Early Life on Mars Might Have Wiped Out Life on Mars
Life might have wiped itself out on early Mars. That's not as absurd as it sounds; that's sort of what…
NASA Just Ordered Three More Orion Capsules, for Artemis VI, VII, and VIII
Lockheed Martin announced that NASA has ordered three more Orion spacecraft for future Artemis missions. The new order includes capsules…
Nitrous Oxide, aka “Laughing gas”, Could be an Indication of Life in an Exoplanet
A team of astronomers have proposed to hunt for signs of life by looking for the signature of nitrous oxide…
Why NASA Is Trying to Crash Land on Mars
You know, sometimes the old ways are the best. At least, when it comes to landing on Mars and other…