Astronomy
NASA’s Space Chainmail to Give Astronauts the Edge in Space Duels
A new type of "space fabric", which closely resembles chainmail, could revolutionize the way spaceships and space components are manufactured.
What’s that Strange Glowing Mold? Astronauts will Soon be Able to Sequence Unknown Space Organisms
Building on the success of their Biomolecule Sequencer, NASA is launching the Genes in Space-3 project to give astronauts the…
An Aging Pulsar has Captured a new Companion, and it’s Spinning back up Again
An international team of scientists, relying on data from XMM-Newton, have discovered a slowly-rotating pulsar that is slowly speeding back…
Star-travel 5 Million Years Into The Milky Way’s Future
A new video based on ESA's Gaia Mission lets you gaze into the crystal ball and watch the Milky Way…
TRAPPIST-1 System Ideal For Life Swapping
A new study of the TRAPPIST-1 system indicates that life-swapping may take place between the planets in its habitable zone,…
Breakthrough Listen Publishes First Analysis Of 692 Stars In ET Search
Breakthrough Listen, the most ambitious SETI program in history, just released an analysis of their first year of data, which…
Europe & China Discuss Moonbase Partnership
The ESA and Chinese National Space Agency have announced their plans to create a "Moon Village" on the lunar surface…
Is Another Universe Sitting Too Close To Us On The Multiverse Bus?
A new survey of the CMB's Cold Spot has ruled out the possibility that this anomaly is caused by a…
Did A Comet Impact Push Humans Into Technological Overdrive?
According to a study by a team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh, the oldest temple site in the…
Meet Steve, A Most Peculiar Aurora
A Canadian photographer captures a hot river of glowing gas so peculiar that no one knew at first what it…