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Astrobotic is Going to Use a Vulcan Rocket For its Lunar Lander in 2021
The commercial delivery company Astriobiotic will be working with the ULA to send payloads to the Moon for NASA beginning…
Astronomers Image the Atmosphere of a Red Dwarf Planet for the First Time. Spoiler Alert, it’s a Terrible Place to Live
Using data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers was able to study the surface of an exoplanet…
Earth is an Exoplanet to Aliens. This is What They’d See
A team of Caltech researchers developed a new method that shows what Earth would look like to extra-terrestrial observers, which…
AI Could Help the Europa Clipper Mission Make New Discoveries!
A team of NASA scientists recently developed a series of machine learning algorithms that could help the Europa Clipper find…
ExoMars Parachute Test Fails, for the Second Time
The ExoMars 2020 mission hit another snag recently when a high-altitude parachute test resulted in damage again to one of…
Rocket Lab is Going to try to Re-use its First Stage Booster, Catching it in Mid-air With a Helicopter
CEO Peter Beck of Rocket Lab recently announced that his company will begin retrieving the first stage of its Electron…
Astronomers Uncover Dozens of Previously Unknown Ancient and Massive Galaxies
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Tokyo used ALMA to view 39 previously-undiscovered ancient galaxies.
Dead Planets Around White Dwarfs Could Emit Radio Waves We Can Detect, Sending Out Signals for Billions of Years
A new study by a pair of astronomers has shown that planets orbiting white dwarfs will still be emitting radio…
There May be Thick Ice Deposits on the Moon and Mercury
According to a new analysis of LRO and MESSENGER data, the ice deposits on the Moon and Mercury could be…
Maybe Dark Matter is Warm, Not Cold
A new study by an international team of scientists considers the possibility that dark matter might be "warm" instead of…