Astronomy
Another of the Lucy Mission’s Asteroids has a Moon
There is still so much we don't know about the asteroids. Various missions have already been sent to some near…
The First Crops on Mars Should be Alfalfa and Cyanobacteria. Then Comes Tastier Plants
Mark Watney can keep his potatoes. Real astronauts should grow alfalfa. (more…)
Has JWST Found Proto-Globular Clusters?
The James Webb Space Telescope continues to deliver surprise after surprise. Next up, a team of astronomers have identified likely…
Ancient Coin Discovery With An Astronomical Mystery
What does the Roman coin found recently off the shores of Israel depict?
Lucy’s Solar Array is Fixed! (Mostly)
How do you fix the solar array of a spacecraft millions of miles away from the Earth hurdling through the…
Ukraine Crowdfunded a $17M Reconnaissance SAR Satellite
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation signed a contract with ICEYE to provide the Government of Ukraine with the SAR reconnaissance data…
A New Image From Webb Shows Galaxy NGC 1365, Known to Have an Actively Feeding Supermassive Black Hole
A new James Webb image shows the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy in stunning detail!
R136 is the Most Massive Star Astronomers Have Ever Found. We Just got Some new Images of it
Meet R136a1, the most massive star known. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, it's a hulking behemoth weighing somewhere between…
Lunar Rocks Have Earth's Noble Gases Trapped Inside. More Evidence That the Moon Came From the Earth
Piecing together the history of the Solar System from the traces left behind isn’t easy. Bit by bit, however, we’re…
MIT Researchers Propose Space Bubbles to Stop Climate Change
Climate change is a real problem. Human caused outputs of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane are the main…