One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through
A new study by a team of theoretical astrophysicists shows that stable wormholes could exist, but don't expect them to…
It Rained So Hard on Ancient Mars that Craters Filled Up and Overflowed
Figuring out the ancient climate on Mars has been tricky. While evidence gathered from orbit and on the surface seems…
There’s No Chemical Difference Between Stars With or Without Planets
Strange New Worlds Imagine if a star could tell you it had planets. That would be really helpful because finding…
We Have the Technology to Retrieve a Sample From an Interstellar Object Like Oumuamua
A white paper submitted to the 2023 - 2032 Decadal Survey recommends we create spacecraft that could rendezvous and take…
Everyone Took Pictures of Comet NEOWISE, Including Hubble
This summer we were (finally) treated to a spectacular, naked-eye comet, C/2020 F3 NEOWISE. And while seeing it with our…
Scientists Recreate the Density of a White Dwarf in the Lab
Inside a white dwarf, atoms are squeezed almost to the point of collape. Now we've created this matter in a…
Completely Harmless Asteroid Almost Certainly Won’t Hit Earth Just Before the US Election
In a year of devastating wildfires, destructive derechos, early and active hurricanes, widespread social unrest, contentious politics and more --…
Did Jupiter Push Venus Into a Runaway Greenhouse?
Venus has been garnering a lot of attention lately, though primarily in the scientific community as the last Hollywood movie…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” VI: What is the Berserker Hypothesis?
In our latest installment, we explore the possibility that the reason we haven't heard from aliens is because they've been…
Lunar Landings Will Make it Harder to Study the Moon’s Ice Deposits
A new study led by researchers from the JHUAPL indicates that future missions to the Moon could contaminate the lunar…