SpaceX shows off its new extravehicular activity suit
In February 2022, SpaceX and entrepreneur/philanthropist Jared Isaacman (commander of the Inspiration4 mission) announced they were launching a new program to “rapidly advance human...
Scientists unveil new stellar theory for the origin of life’s essential element: phosphorus
Astronomers have developed a new theory that may explain how phosphorus, an essential element for life on Earth, originated in the universe.
The theory centers...
Scientists discover the universe’s first stars with new method
Astrophysicists from the University of Hong Kong have developed a groundbreaking method to track down the universe's very first stars, offering new clues about...
Does the Milky Way have too many satellite galaxies
The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are well known satellite galaxies of the Milky Way but there are more.
It is surrounded by at least...
Why hot Jupiters spiral into their stars
Exoplanets are a fascinating astronomy topic, especially the so-called “Hot Jupiters”.
They’re overheated massive worlds often found orbiting very close to their stars—hence the name.
Extreme...
Tauonium: The tiny atom that could unlock big secrets of the universe
Once considered the simplest of all, the hydrogen atom consists of a proton and an electron.
However, recent scientific advances have revealed even simpler atoms...
How low-mass exoplanets lose their atmospheres
Researchers have made significant strides in understanding how some distant planets, known as low-mass exoplanets, lose their atmospheres into space through a process called...
Beyond Earth: A new strategy to probe life’s potential on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
Does life exist beyond Earth?
One of the most compelling places to consider this possibility is Enceladus, a moon of Saturn with a liquid water...
NASA images unlock secrets of Andromeda’s massive black hole
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has provided astronomers with fascinating images that show how the supermassive black hole at the center of the Andromeda galaxy,...
NASA’s TESS discovers a fiery lava-covered planet in a distant star system
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), launched in 2018 to explore planets beyond our solar system, has recently made a striking discovery.
UC Riverside astrophysicist...