As Temperatures Rise, Antarctica is Turning Green
The global climate is warming, and Earth's polar regions are feeling the effects. A new study of the South Orkney…
A Colossal Flare Erupted From the Far Side of the Sun
Earlier this week the Sun erupted with a huge explosion, blasting solar particles millions of kilometers into space. The team…
TESS Finds Almost 100 Quadruple Star Systems
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found over 5000 candidate exoplanet candidates, and 197 confirmed exoplanets since its mission…
One of Life’s Building Blocks can Form in Space
Peptides are one of the smallest biomolecules and are one of life's critical building blocks. New research shows that they…
The First Image From NASA’s new X-ray Observatory
It’s first light for one of the newest space observatories! The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer team has released their first…
Lasers Could Send Missions to Mars in Only 45 Days
New research from McGill University shows that a powerful laser array could propel a fusion-engine spacecraft to Mars in a…
Planet Found in the Habitable Zone of a White Dwarf
Most stars will end their lives as white dwarfs. White dwarfs are the remnant cores of once-luminous stars like our…
Civilian Astronauts are Going to try Spacewalking From a Crew Dragon Capsule
Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman who flew to space on the Inspiration4 mission last year has announced another flight, with the…
Webb is Cool, but it Still Needs to get Cooler
Cooling things down in space is trickier than it might sound. But that is exactly the process the James Webb…
How Well Does Concrete Work in Space?
Concrete is not the first material one usually thinks of when exploring space. Nor is it the focus of much…