One of the Building Blocks of Life Can Form in the Harsh Environment of Deep Space Itself. No Star Required
In many ways, stars are the engines of creation. Their energy drives a whole host of processes necessary for life.…
Mars Might Have Lost its Water Quickly
Mars is an arid place, and aside from a tiny amount of water vapour in the atmosphere, all water exists…
Gravitational lenses could be the key to measuring the expansion rate of the Universe
Nailing down cosmic expansion could depend on distant quasars, and the time it takes their light to reach us when…
Arecibo’s Damage is so Serious and Dangerous, They’re Just Going to Scrap the Observatory Entirely
In the wake of a second structural failure, the NSF has announced that the iconic Arecibo Observatory will be decommissioned…
A High Resolution, Cross-Eyed Look at the Entire Surface of Mars
A group of amateur and professional astronomers have collaborated to create what may be the highest resolution global map of…
Scientists Have Re-Analyzed Their Data and Still See a Signal of Phosphine at Venus. Just Less of it
The team that detected phosphine in Venus' atmosphere has reexamined the data and confirmed their discovery, with a few caveats…
The First Civilization We Contact Will Have Been Around Much Longer Than Humanity
Recently at UT, author Matt Williams has been writing a series called “Beyond Fermi’s Paradox”, which takes a look at…
A 100-Meter Rotating Liquid Mirror Telescope on the Moon? Yes Please.
A team from UT Austin has renewed a proposal for a liquid-mirror telescope on the Moon that could study the…
Earth and the Moon Might Have Captured an Old Upper Stage Rocket
According to NASA, an object detected between the Earth and Moon could actually be the spent stage of a rocket…
There Might Be Water On All Rocky Planets
If you asked someone who was reasonably scientifically literate how Earth got its water, they'd likely tell you it came…