Parker Solar Probe Was Blasted by Coronal Mass Ejections 28 Times in 4 Years
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) was launched on August 12, 2018, with the goal of becoming the first spacecraft to…
Ice is Starting to Cloud Euclid's Optics
On July 1st, 2023, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Euclid Observatory, a mission that will spend the next…
Northrup Grumman is Studying How to Build a Railway on the Moon
Roughly two years and six months from now, as part of NASA's Artemis III mission, astronauts will set foot on…
Red Giants Offer a New Way to Measure Distance in the Universe
For nearly three decades now, it's been clear that the expansion of the Universe is speeding up. Some unknown quantity,…
Starshot … Not? Get a Reality Check on the Search for Alien Civilizations
Fortunately, the real-world search for signs of extraterrestrial civilizations doesn’t have to deal with an alien armada like the one…
Finding Atmospheres on Red Dwarf Planets Will Take Hundreds of Hours of Webb Time
The JWST is enormously powerful. One of the reasons it was launched is to examine exoplanet atmospheres to determine their…
Europa Might Not Be Able to Support Life in its Oceans
Can Europa’s massive, interior ocean contain the building blocks of life, and even support life as we know it? This…
What Can Europa’s Surface Tell Us About the Thickness of Its Ice?
You can tell a lot about a planetary body just by looking at its surface, especially if it has craters.…
One in Twelve Stars Ate a Planet
That stars can eat planets is axiomatic. If a small enough planet gets too close to a large enough star,…
China’s Next Lunar Relay Satellite Blasts Off
Communication between spacecraft relies upon line of site technology, if anything is in the way, communication isn’t possible. Exploration of…