Space weather is an ever-increasing threat to humanity. But it’s not the sun’s fault,...
Space-age technologies have made fundamental changes to the way we live our lives.
Avionics allow us to fly to other continents on almost a moment’s...
NASA’s James Webb Telescope reveals Milky Way-like galaxies in young universe
New images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars — elongated features of stars stretching...
Millions of fake universes clarify how black holes grow
Black holes are surrounded by a mysterious, invisible layer—the event horizon—from which nothing can escape, be it matter, light, or information.
The event horizon swallows...
Ghost light among galaxies stretches far back in time, finds NASA study
In giant clusters of hundreds or thousands of galaxies, innumerable stars wander among the galaxies like lost souls, emitting a ghostly haze of light.
Caltech will launch space solar power technology demo into orbit
Space solar power provides a way to tap into the practically unlimited supply of solar energy in outer space, where the energy is constantly...
This gamma-ray burst challenges theories about cosmic explosions that make gold, uranium and other...
A bright flash of gamma rays from the constellation Boötes that lasted nearly one minute came from a kilonova, as we described in a...
Comet impacts could bring life ingredients to Jupiter’s moon Europa
Comet strikes on Jupiter’s moon Europa could help transport critical ingredients for life found on the moon’s surface to its hidden ocean of liquid...
Want to build structures on the moon? Just blast the regolith with microwaves
Microwaves are useful for more than just heating up leftovers.
They can also make landing pads on other worlds – at least according to research...
The solar wind is creating water on the surface of the moon
Now, a new study shows that those soil samples contain water and that the Sun’s solar wind directly impacted that water.
What will it take to survive the lunar night
With the help of international and commercial partners, NASA is sending astronauts back to the Moon for the first time in over fifty years.
In...