Space Exploration
Jupiter Missions Could Also Help Search for Dark Matter
In a recent study published in the Journal of High Energy Physics, two researchers from Brown University demonstrated how data…
NASA’s Space Launch System Gets Tentative Launch Date of August 29th
NASA has announced tentative placeholder launch dates for its beast of a rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), on its…
The Record for the Farthest Galaxy just got Broken Again, now just 250 million years after the Big Bang
In a recent study submitted to MNRAS, a collaborative research team has utilized the first set of data from the…
Another Amazing Image from Webb, This Time it’s Galaxy IC 5332
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to both dazzle and amaze with its latest image, this time of Galaxy…
OSIRIS-REx Would Have Sunk Deep into Asteroid Bennu if it Tried to Land
A pair of studies published in Science and Science Advances have helped identify that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource…
Solar System Tours: Plumes of Enceladus
“We’re coming up on the plumes!” The co-pilot announced over the intercom. The other six passengers and I took our…
We’ll be Building Self-Replicating Probes to Explore the Milky Way Sooner Than you Think. Why Haven’t ETIs?
The future can arrive in sudden bursts. What seems a long way off can suddenly jump into view, especially when…
China’s Tianwen-1 has Imaged the Entire Surface of Mars, Completing its Primary Mission
After exploring Mars for more than a year, China’s Tianwen-1 space probe has successfully taken images covering the entire Red…
Mars Rovers Will Need to Dig Deeper If They Want to Find Evidence of Life
The search for life—even ancient life—on Mars is trickier than we thought. In a recent study published in the journal…
Despite its draining power, NASA’s InSight Mars lander is determined to squeeze as much science as it can until the very last moment
Its solar panels are caked with dust and the batteries are running out of juice, but NASA’s InSight Mars lander…