Dragonfly is Going to Titan on a Falcon Heavy
NASA has given SpaceX the contract to launch the Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan. A Falcon Heavy will send…
A New Reconfigurable Structure Could Be Used to Make Space Habitats
Even some fields that seem fully settled will occasionally have breakthrough ideas that have reverberated impacts on the rest of…
What's Inside Uranus and Neptune? A New Way to Find Out
Uranus and Neptune are "ice giants," containing chemicals like methane and ammonia, but compressed under intense pressure. This is just…
Just Built a Giant, Next Generation Planet Hunting Space Telescope? Here’s Where to Point It
You know what it’s like. You get a new telescope and need to know where to point it! The bigger…
NASA Is Seeking Ideas for Rescuing an Astronaut from the Moon
Space exploration is a dangerous business, especially when squishy living organisms, such as humans, are involved. NASA has always prided…
A CubeSat Mission to Phobos Could Map Staging Bases for a Mars Landing
The moons of Mars are garnering increased attention, not only because they could provide a view of the solar system's…
Interstellar Objects Can't Hide From Vera Rubin
When the Vera Rubin Observatory comes online in a few months, it'll be the most effective asteroid and comet hunter…
The Early Earth Wasn’t Completely Terrible
Earth formed 4.54 billion years ago. The first period of the history of the Earth was known as the Hadean…
Globular Clusters Evolve in Interesting Ways Over Time
Globular clusters are among the oldest objects in the Universe. The early Universe was filled with dwarf galaxies and its…
A Superfast Supercomputer Creates the Biggest Simulation of the Universe Yet
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have created the largest astrophysical simulation of the Universe ever. They…