Matt Williams
New Research Suggests Io Doesn’t Have a Shallow Ocean of Magma
Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active body in the Solar System, with roughly 400 active volcanoes regularly ejecting…
A New Study Suggests How we Could Find Advanced Civilizations that Ran Out of Fusion Fuel
When it comes to our modern society and the many crises we face, there is little doubt that fusion power…
New Research Indicates the Sun may be More Prone to Flares Than we Thought
This past year saw some significant solar activity. This was especially true during the month of May, which saw more…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reaches the Top Rim of the Jezero Crater
In 2018, NASA mission planners selected the Jezero Crater as the future landing site of the Perseverance rover. This crater…
New Research may Explain how Supermassive Black Holes in the Early Universe Grew so Fast
Not long ago, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) peered into Cosmic Dawn, the cosmological period when the first galaxies…
Could the ESA’s PLATO Mission Find Earth 2.0?
Currently, 5,788 exoplanets have been confirmed in 4,326 star systems, while thousands more candidates await confirmation. So far, the vast…
NASA has Plans for More Cargo Deliveries to the Moon
Through the Artemis Program, NASA hopes to lay the foundations for a program of "sustained lunar exploration and development." This…
MAUVE: An Ultraviolet Astrophysics Probe Mission Concept
For the past thirty years, NASA's Great Observatories - the Hubble, Spitzer, Compton, and Chandra space telescopes - have revealed…
China Plans to Retrieve Mars Samples by 2031
China's growing presence in space has been undeniable since the turn of the century. Between sending the first "taikonaut" to…
Stem Cells Grown in Space Could Revolutionize Medicine Here on Earth
Extended periods spent in microgravity can take a serious toll on the human body, leading to muscular atrophy, bone density…