Evan Gough
The Sun Has Reached Its Solar Maximum and it Could Last for One Year
For most of human history, the Sun appeared stable. It was a stoic stellar presence, going about its business fusing…
The Artemis Astronauts are Getting New Spacesuits With Some Help From Prada
The Artemis program involves impressive technological advancements in robotics, communications, spacecraft, and advanced habitats, all of which are clearly necessary…
Another Building Block of Life Can Handle Venus’ Sulphuric Acid
Venus is often described as a hellscape. The surface temperature breaches the melting point of lead, and though its atmosphere…
How a Nearby Supernova Left its Mark on Earth Life
When a massive star explodes as a supernova, it does more than release an extraordinary amount of energy. Supernovae explosions…
From Frozen to Sweltering: Earth’s Climate Over the Last 485 Million Years
Earth's last half-billion years were action-packed. During that time, the climate underwent many changes. There have been changes in ocean…
Io’s Volcanoes are Windows into its Hot Interior
NASA's Juno spacecraft was sent to Jupiter to study the gas giant. But its mission was extended, giving it an…
Plants Would Still Grow Well Under Alien Skies
Photosynthesis changed Earth in powerful ways. When photosynthetic organisms appeared, it led to the Great Oxygenation Event. That allowed multicellular…
Life Might Thrive on the Surface of Earth for an Extra Billion Years
The Sun is midway through its life of fusion. It's about five billion years old, and though its life is…
The Early Universe Had a Lot of Black Holes
The Hubble Deep Field and its successor, the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, showed us how vast our Universe is and how it teems with galaxies…
A Star Was Kicked Out of a Globular Cluster by an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole
Astronomers have solid evidence for the existence of stellar-mass black holes and supermassive black holes. However, evidence for Intermediate Black…