Exoplanet Surveys are Leaning Towards the Possibility That our Solar System is… Normal
One of the unspoken caveats of most exoplanet discovery missions is that they only operate for a few years. Such…
A Dark Matter map of our Local Cosmic Neighborhood
A new simulation by a team of astrophysicists has resulted in the most detailed 3D map of the cosmic web,…
Dunes Trapped in a Crater on Mars Form This Interesting Pattern
Symmetry in nature is pleasing to look at, and even more so when that symmetry is novel. There’s plenty of…
Researchers Develop a new Framework for Searching for Biosignatures
Planning ahead is something astronomy and space exploration excels at. Decadal surveys and years of engineering effort for missions give…
New Observations Fail to Confirm a Planet at Barnard’s Star
With all the new discoveries that seem to occur almost monthly, it’s sometimes hard to remember that finding exoplanets is…
Move Over Artemis Accords! Behold the Lunar Governance Report and EAGLE Manifesto!
After a year of consultation, interviews, and intensive review, the Space Generation Advisory Council's EAGLE team has released a document…
The Elements for Life Depend on Both how and Where a Planet Forms
A new study by a team from Rice University has shown that where a planet forms in its star system…
What Happened Moments After the Big Bang?
New experiments in particle physics yield surprising results about the earliest matter in the universe.
Amazing Views of Wednesday Morning’s Total Lunar Eclipse
The Moon turned a ruddy hue during this morning's total lunar eclipse, in one of the top astronomical events of…
Record-Setting Astronaut Peggy Whitson Will Command Private Space Mission
Astronaut Peggy Whitson already has her name in the history books, but now there's a new entry to add: first…