A 2nd Planet has been Confirmed for Proxima Centauri
Our closest stellar neighbour is Proxima Centauri, a small red dwarf star about 4.2 light years away from us. It's…
How SpaceX is Changing Starship to be Able to Land on the Moon
Elon Musk recently revealed more details about the HLS Starship, which could be taking astronauts back to the Moon.
This is a Binary Star in the Process of Formation
About 460 light years away lies the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. It's a molecular cloud—an active star-forming region—and it's one…
Ideas for Sustainable Cities and Urban Farming… on Mars?
The annual Mars City Design Challenge is looking for new and innovative ideas for how humans could live sustainably on…
Early Life Was Pumping Out Oxygen, But the Earth’s Mantle Was Absorbing it
About 2.4 billion years ago, everything changed for Earth. That was the time of the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), when…
Once Starship Prototypes are Done Exploding, we could see an Orbital Launch this Year
According to a leaked internal email, SpaceX is all-in on the development of the Starship, which the company's chief engineer…
Titan is Drifting Away from Saturn Surprisingly Quickly
Where did Saturn's bizarro-moon Titan form? Did it form where it is now, or has it migrated? We have decades…
Neutron Stars Could Have a Layer of Exotic Quark Matter Inside Them
Deep inside a neutron star, neutrons are packed so tightly that they can break apart into quarks. As a result…
It Should Be Easiest to Search for Young Earth-like Planets When They’re Completely Covered in Magma
How did Earth evolve from an ocean of magma to the vibrant, life-supporting, blue jewel it is now? In its…
Hubble Photo of Globular Cluster NGC 6441, One of the Most Massive in the Milky Way
The Hubble Space Telescope has delivered another outstanding image. This one is of NGC 6441, a massive globular cluster in…