Ancient People Saw a Kilonova Light up the Sky
What happens when aging white dwarf stars come together? Observers in feudal Japan in the year 1181 had a front-row…
Ariane 6 Rocket’s Debut Puts Europe Back in the Launch Game
Europe's next-generation Ariane 6 rocket rose today for the first time from its South American spaceport, ending a yearlong launch…
Do Planets Have the Raw Ingredients for Life? The Answer is in their Stars
Finding planets that already have, or have the ingredients for intelligent life is a real challenge. It is exciting that…
The Rugged Desert Moss Best Equipped to Survive on Mars
For decades, we have seen Mars as a desolate landscape devoid of any signs of life. Attempt to identify ways…
NASA Imagines a Catastrophic Asteroid Impact to Study How to Prevent it
The Netflix movie Don't Look Up received plenty of accolades for its scarily realistic portrayal of a professor from Michigan…
A Moon Base Will Need a Transport System
Through the Artemis Program, NASA will return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since Apollo 17 landed…
Mapping the Milky Way’s Dark Matter Halo
Anytime astronomers talk of mapping the Milky Way I am always reminded how tricky the study of the Universe can…
Ammonites Were Doing Fine Until the Asteroid Hit
I must confess, I think asteroids and I think of movies like Deep Impact or Armageddon! Scientists think that an…
A Handy Attachment Could Make Lunar Construction a Breeze
Moving large amounts of regolith is a requirement for any long-term mission to the Moon or Mars. But so far,…
Webb Looks at One of the Best Gravitationally Lensed Quasars Ever Discovered
It looks like a distant ring with three sparkly jewels, but the Webb telescope's (JWST) most recent image is really…