Two Years of Tracking Violent Collisions Throughout the Universe
Ripples in the fabric of space created by colliding dead stars crossing vast cosmic distances mark some of the most extraordinary findings in modern a...
Space Science Articles
Explore the cosmos through in-depth articles about astronomy, astrophysics, and space exploration
Ancient Plant Endures Nearly a Year Beyond Earth's Atmosphere
Long before humanity emerged, mosses thrived in extreme terrestrial conditions—from towering mountain summits to frozen polar expanses and newly forme...
Yes, the Universe Can Expand Faster Than Light
An expanding universe complicates this picture just a little bit, because the universe absolutely refuses to be straightforward. Objects are still emi...
Blue Origin to Build a "Super Heavy" Rocket to Compete with Starship
Blue Origin just achieved another impressive milestone with its new heavy-launch vehicle, the partially reusable New Glenn rocket. On Thursday, Nov. 1...
NASA Finally Releases Images of 3I/ATLAS Taken by Its Missions at Mars
In early October, the third interstellar object (ISO) to visit our Solar System (3I/ATLAS) made its closest flyby to Mars, coming within 30 million km...
Ancient Underground Water Suggests Mars May Have Been Habitable Longer than Previously Thought
It is a scientific consensus that water once flowed on Mars, that it had a denser atmosphere, meaning that it was once habitable. Unfortunately, rough...
AI Cracks Galaxy Simulation
The Milky Way contains more than 100 billion stars, each following its own evolutionary path through birth, life, and sometimes violent death. For dec...
How a Detergent Ingredient Unlocked the Potential of Nanotubes
Material science plays a critical role in space exploration. So many of the challenges facing both crewed and non-crewed missions come down to factors...
Is the Universe Infinite?
The surface of the Earth is finite. We can measure it. If it was expanding, then its size would grow with time. And once again, good ol’ Earth helps u...
New Research Suggest Earth and Theia were Neighbors Before They Collided
According to the leading theory of how the Earth-Moon system formed (the Giant Impact Hypothesis ), a Mars-sized object (named Theia) collided with a ...
Seeing an Interstellar Comet Through Martian Eyes
Interstellar objects are really rather rare. Since astronomers first spotted 'Oumuamua racing through our Solar System in 2017, we've detected only tw...
The Man in the Moon Gets a New Scar
I have to confess, despite spending years gazing at the night sky, telescope at the ready, tracking planets and hunting for deep sky objects, I only a...