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Astronomers Thought They’d Found a Red Dwarf That Wasn’t Hostile to its Habitable Zone Planets. They Were Wrong
New research using Hubble archive data shows that GJ 887, the nearby red dwarf star system with two exoplanets, might…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” VIII: What is the Zoo Hypothesis?
Another possible resolution to the Fermi Paradox: we could all be living in some giant "nature preserve" where the aliens…
James Webb is Working Perfectly! On the Ground. Next Trick: Doing it From Space
The James Webb Space Telescope recently passed another critical milestone - the Ground Segment Test - and is on track…
SpaceX is Going to Hop Starship Again This Weekend
SpaceX has a busy weekend ahead with three missions scheduled for Sunday, including a 150 m hop test with the…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” VII: What it the Planetarium Hypothesis
In this installment, we explore the possibility that we haven't heard from aliens because they've got us in a simulated…
One Theory Beyond the Standard Model Could Allow Wormholes that You Could Actually Fly Through
A new study by a team of theoretical astrophysicists shows that stable wormholes could exist, but don't expect them to…
We Have the Technology to Retrieve a Sample From an Interstellar Object Like Oumuamua
A white paper submitted to the 2023 - 2032 Decadal Survey recommends we create spacecraft that could rendezvous and take…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” VI: What is the Berserker Hypothesis?
In our latest installment, we explore the possibility that the reason we haven't heard from aliens is because they've been…
Lunar Landings Will Make it Harder to Study the Moon’s Ice Deposits
A new study led by researchers from the JHUAPL indicates that future missions to the Moon could contaminate the lunar…
NASA’s New Video Shows You What it’s Like Traveling Close to the Speed of Light
NASA has just released an informative video that lets potential interstellar travellers know what they're in for!