NASA is Hoping They can Break the Sound Barrier… Quietly
Seventy-five years is a long time for a technology to mature. In the case of supersonic flight, the technology has…
Uncontrolled Rocket Reentries are a Bigger Problem Than you Think
Over 60% of the launches in 2020 resulted in one or more rocket parts making an uncontrolled reentry into the…
Astronomers Have Found More Than 30,000 Near-Earth Asteroids… so far
Asteroid hunters have become increasingly good at their job. The discipline, which took a back seat in the early days…
TESS has Resumed Normal Operations
NASA has announced that TESS is back online and resumed normal operations!
Astronomers Think They Have a Warning Sign for When Massive Stars are About to Explode as Supernovae
A study of red supergiant supernovae suggests they become dim and red just before they day.
Huge DART Success, JWST Sees Weird Rings, Moon’s True Origin
DART’s results are in and they exceed all expectations. The Moon might just be a big chunk of the Earth…
If we Detect This gas on Other Planets, it’s a Good Sign There’s Life There
Here is an idea that likely never crossed the mind of most space enthusiasts - a gas emitted from broccoli…
If Earth Were an Exoplanet, it Would Still be Tricky to Figure Out if There’s Life Here
How would Earth appear to alien astronomers? What would their observations tell them about Earth if they searched the heavens…
New Views of Ganymede and Europa From Earth’s Most Powerful Telescope
Scouting mission locations in the outer solar system is complicated. It is difficult to know what you find before you…
SpaceIL’s Beresheet 2 Lander Will try Growing Various Plants on the Moon
Where better to grow plants that on the Moon? Well, lots of places, to be honest, including almost everywhere on…