How Long Will Space Junk Take to Burn Up? Here’s a Handy Chart
If the Roman Empire had been able to launch a satellite in a relatively high Low Earth Orbit – say…
There’s Evidence That Mars Once Had an Atmosphere With Less Oxygen. A Possible Biosignature For Life?
Remote sensing is only useful if scientists have an idea of what they are looking at. That knowledge is especially…
The Mars Helicopter is Online and Getting Ready to Fly
Earth is the only planet in the solar system with aircraft capable of sustained flight. Suppose the ground-breaking Ingenuity helicopter,…
Protogalaxy Cluster Found When the Cosmic Fog Was Starting to Clear, When the Universe Was Just 750 Million Years Old
Origin stories are a focus of many astronomical studies. Planetary formation, solar system formation, and even galaxy formation have long…
Just Some of the Planets That TESS Has Found Nearby
Using data from TESS and a number of other observatories, an international team has found a system with three exoplanets…
Once He Steps Down From Amazon, Jeff Bezos Will be Able to Focus his Energy on Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos' recent decision to step down as CEO of Amazon could be good news for Blue Origin, one of…
Did a Comet Wipe out the Dinosaurs?
About 66 million years ago a massive chunk of rock slammed into Earth in what is the modern-day Yucatan Peninsula.…
A new Approach Could Tease out the Connection Between Gravity and Quantum Mechanics
A proposed experiment using super-cooled atoms could reveal the nature of quantum gravity.
Perseverance has Landed. Here are its First Pictures From the Surface of Mars
They’ve done it again. After a journey of nearly seven months for the Perseverance rover, the Navigation and Entry, Descent…
Following the Jovian Moons Through 2021 Mutual Eclipse Season
Watch as the Jovian moons perform a spectacular celestial dance in 2021.