The moon is the perfect spot for humanity’s offsite backup
In a recent study, scientists discuss the potential for future lunar settlers to establish a backup data storage system of human activity in the...
Dinosaur-killing asteroid set off monster tsunami
The asteroid known for killing most dinosaurs also triggered a monstrous tsunami with mile-high waves that scoured the ocean floor thousands of miles from...
Astronomers see tantalizing evidence for one of the first stars to form in the...
According to the predominant cosmological model, the first stars in the Universe formed roughly 100,000 years after the Big Bang.
Known as Population III stars,...
Astronomers find a cataclysmic pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet
Nearly half the stars in our galaxy are solitary like the sun.
The other half comprises stars that circle other stars, in pairs and multiples,...
Laughing gas N2O could help search for life on exoplanets
Scientists at UC Riverside are suggesting something is missing from the typical roster of chemicals that astrobiologists use to search for life on planets...
Rover findings offer glimpse of ancient landscape on Mars
CU Boulder geologist Lisa Mayhew is among the scientists working to recreate the history of an ancient landscape that wouldn’t look out of place...
Will Titan finally answer, ‘Are we alone’?
We recently examined how and why Jupiter’s moon, Europa, could answer the longstanding question: Are we alone?
While this small icy world gives plenty of...
Mars rocks have the right raw ingredients to 3D print everything from tools to...
3D printing will be a critical technology as space exploration starts to take off.
Initially, it will be impossible to individually manufacture every tool needed...
Vredefort crater asteroid was bigger than one that killed off dinosaurs
The impactor that formed the Vredefort crater, Earth’s largest, about two billion years ago, was probably much bigger than previously believed—and would have had...
Scientists develop novel transistors to explore Jupiter’s Europa
Europa is more than just one of Jupiter’s many moons – it’s also one of most promising places in the solar system to look...