Nancy Atkinson
Some of the Moon's Craters are From Interstellar Impacts. Can We Tell Which?
By discovering two interstellar objects (ISOs), we know that asteroids and comets from other star systems pass through the Solar…
Curiosity has Seen its 4,000th Martian Sunrise
Not to make anyone feel old, but it's been over 11 years since NASA's Curiosity Rover landed on Mars. The…
Jupiter Looks Bizarre in Hubble's New Ultraviolet Image
Jupiter has gone pastel! Check out this ultra-cool image of Jupiter taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a…
Devastating Clouds of Dust Helped End the Reign of the Dinosaurs
When a giant meteor crashed into Earth 66 million years ago, the impact pulverized cubic kilometers of rock and blasted…
Vera Rubin Observatory Could Find Up to 70 Interstellar Objects a Year
Astronomers have discovered two known interstellar objects (ISO), ‘Oumuamua and 21/Borisov. But there could be thousands of these objects passing…
A New Superconducting Camera can Resolve Single Photons
Researchers have built a superconducting camera with 400,000 pixels, which is so sensitive it can detect single photons. It comprises…
A New Map Shows Where Mars is Hiding all its Ice
Water will be one of the most important resources for human explorers on Mars. They'll need it for drinking, propellant,…
Venus Might Have Had Plate Tectonics Just Like Earth
Even though Venus is very similar to Earth in many ways, it's a hell-world with a runaway greenhouse effect. It…
Everything in the Universe Fits in This One Graph. Even the Impossible Stuff
The Universe has physical constants, such as the force of gravity that define everything. If these constants were any different,…
What a Mess. When the Milky Way and Andromeda Merge, it'll Look Like This
No need to panic, but the Andromeda Galaxy is barreling towards us. It is due to begin merging with the…