The Moon’s Atmosphere Comes from Space Weathering
How do you get an atmosphere at a world that doesn't have one and can't keep one? If it's the…
How a Black Hole Could Eat a Neutron Star from the Inside Out
Primordial black holes are thought to have formed early in the evolution of the universe. None have been discovered yet…
If Advanced Civilizations Using Quantum Communications, Is That Why We’ve Never Seen Them?
Establishing communication with an alien intelligence is one of the news items I, and I’m sure many others, long to…
Elliptical Orbits Could be Essential to the Habitability of Rocky Planets
A seismic shift occurred in astronomy during the Scientific Revolution, beginning with 16th-century polymath Copernicus and his proposal that the…
2024 Perseids Light Up the August Sky
That ‘Old Faithful’ of meteor showers the Perseids peaks early next week.
Habitable Planet’s Orbiting Red Dwarf Suns Could at Risk from Far-Ultraviolet Radiation
The question of whether or not red dwarf stars can support habitable planets has been subject to debate for decades.…
Starlink Direct-to-Cell Satellites are Coming. What Will Be Their Impact on Astronomy?
Mention the name Starlink among the astronomy community and you will often be greeted with a shudder. There are now…
Fast-Tracking the Search for Habitable Worlds
Modern astronomy would struggle without AI and machine learning (ML), which have become indispensable tools. They alone have the capability…
Astronomers See Planets Forming Around Binary Stars
Over 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered around distant star systems. Protoplanetary disks have been discovered too and it’s these, out…
China's Lunar Samples Contain Graphene Flakes
In 2004, scientists at the University of Manchester first isolated and investigated graphene, the supermaterial composed of single-layer carbon atoms…