Here’s Hubble’s First Image in its New Pointing Mode
This is probably what the demise of the Hubble Space Telescope was always going to look like: components failing one…
Slingshotting Around the Sun Would Make a Spacecraft the Faster Ever
NASA is very interested in developing a propulsion method to allow spacecraft to go faster. We've reported several times on…
Perseverance Found Some Strange Rocks. What Will They Tell Us?
NASA's Perseverance Rover has left Mount Washburn behind and arrived at its next destination, Bright Angel. It found an unusual…
Marsquakes Can Help Us Find Water on the Red Planet
Earth is a seismically active planet, and scientists have figured out how to use seismic waves from Earthquakes to probe…
If We Want To Find Life-Supporting Worlds, We Should Focus on Small Planets With Large Moons
There's no perfect way of doing anything, including searching for exoplanets. Every planet-hunting method has some type of bias. We've…
The Earliest Merging Quasars Ever Seen
Studying the history of science shows how often serendipity plays a role in some of the most important discoveries. Sometimes,…
Hubble's Back, but Only Using One Gyro
The Hubble Space Telescope has experienced ongoing problems with one of its three remaining gyroscopes, so NASA has decided to…
Earth’s Atmosphere is Our Best Defence Against Nearby Supernovae
Earth's protective atmosphere has sheltered life for billions of years, creating a haven where evolution produced complex lifeforms like us.…
There’s Chang’e-6 on the Far Side of the Moon
The newest phase of China's lunar exploration project is soon coming to an end. On June 20th, the Chang'e 6…
A New Way to Survive the Harsh Lunar Night
The Moon is a tough place to survive, and not just for humans. The wild temperature extremes between day and…