An Extreme Simulation of the Universe’s First Stars
An international team of astronomers has conducted an extreme simulation that modeled what the formation of the first stars looked…
Sample… stowed
NASA's Osiris Rex mission has just reached a major milestone with a successful collection of a sample of material from…
Astronauts and explorers on Mars could eat lab-grown steaks
Growing meat without the need to grow a whole animal has been the dream of agriculturalists and foodies everywhere for…
How Will Starlink’s Packet Routing Work?
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite cluster has been receiving more and more headline space recently as it continues adding satellites at a…
The Spherical Structure at the Core of the Milky Way Formed in a Single Burst of Star Formation
Like other spiral galaxies, the Milky Way has a bulging sphere of stars in its center. It's called "The Bulge,"…
Enter Comet S3 Erasmus: A Bright Comet For November
Comet C/2020 S3 Erasmus to end out the cometary cavalcade for 2020.
How did the Earth get its water? The answer might be found on Mercury
I don't know if you've noticed by now, but the Earth is a little bit wet. How Earth got all…
New Scans Give us a Better View of the Metal Asteroid Psyche
In 2022, NASA will launch a spacecraft to asteroid Psyche (16 Psyche), one of the largest in the asteroid belt,…
Based on Kepler Data, There’s a 95% Chance of an Earth-Like Planet Within 20 Light-Years
Combining data from the retired Kepler mission with the Gaia Observatory, a team of scientists have produced new estimates for…
Are the Clouds of Jupiter Haunted?
Are spirits amongst the clouds of Jupiter? The answer might be yes! A recent publication in the Journal of Geophysical…