We Could Detect Extraterrestrial Satellite Megaconstellations Within a few Hundred Light-Years
If an alien civilization has a Starlink-like constellation of satellites, we might be able to find them.
What we’ve Learned About Venus From the Parker Solar Probe
The Parker Solar Probe has been getting in a lot of extracurricular activity lately. Originally designed to observe the Sun,…
One Full Year of Seismic Data Collected by Mars Insight Includes 500 Quakes
The English vocabulary has some words that only make sense from an Earth-bound perspective. Earthquake is one of those. Even…
SpaceX’s SN15 Starship Prototype Nails It!
On the fifth attempt, SpaceX nailed the high-altitude flight test with a Starship prototype! Onward and upward we go!
Dark Matter Could Change the Temperature of Exoplanets, Allowing us to Detect it
If dark matter exists, it could make Jupiter-like exoplanets warmer than we expect.
“Ain’t like Dusting Crops!” How We’ll Actually Navigate Interstellar Space
May the 4th be With You! Blasting out of Mos Eisley Space Port, the Millennium Falcon carries our adventurers off…
How Long is a Day on Venus? We Finally Know the Exact Answer
Using the radio-echo timing technique, a team of researchers have precisely measured the length of a day on Venus
Dune Fields in Gale Crater Tell the Story of Mars’ Shifting Climate Over Eons
Rocks can tell us a lot about a planet. On Earth, the study of geology has been around for hundreds…
New All-Sky Map of the Milky Way’s Galactic Halo
The outer reaches of the Milky Way galaxy are a different place. Stars are much harder to come by, with…
Protests From Dynetics and Blue Origin put NASA’s Lunar Lander Award to SpaceX on Hold
Due to protests filed by Blue Origin and Dynetics, NASA has called for a stop-work order on the SpaceX Human…