Space & Future
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The 2025 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, which took place from March 10–14 in The Woodlands, Texas, witnessed some very interesting proposals for space...
Scientists watch a Martian dust devil swallow another in rare video
NASA’s Perseverance rover recently captured something amazing on the surface of Mars—a big dust devil swallowing a smaller one.
This rare event was recorded in...
Scientists question if dark energy is constant—and it could change our entire view of...
A new discovery from the Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument (DESI) may challenge one of the most important ideas in modern cosmology: that dark energy...
Galaxies were already dying just 700 million years after the big bang
According to the most widely accepted cosmological model, the first stars and galaxies began forming around 300-400 million years after the Big Bang.
These formed...
Earth bacteria could survive on the moon for decades
Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the Moon?
This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary...
Black hole found consuming its own history
One of the common misconceptions about black holes is that they devour not only matter, but also the history of that matter.
So when a...
Dark matter could make planets spin faster
Dark matter is a confounding concept that teeters on the leading edges of cosmology and physics.
We don't know what it is or how exactly...
Scientists uncover hidden force behind 85,000 volcanoes on Venus
Venus, the second planet from the Sun, is one of the hottest places in the solar system—and it’s covered with volcanoes. Now, scientists think...
New quantum computer sheds light on the secrets of the universe
Scientists have taken a big step toward understanding the tiny particles and forces that make up everything in the universe.
A team from the University...
How can we find Cryovolcanoes on Europa
In the 1970s, NASA's Voyager probes passed through Jupiter's system and snapped pictures of its largest moons, also known as the Galilean Moons.
These pictures...
Farewell to Gaia: The spacecraft that mapped our galaxy
After more than ten years in space, the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially said goodbye to its Gaia spacecraft. On 27 March 2025,...
A sail to the stars: New ultra-thin lightsail could power future space travel
Scientists have taken an exciting step toward sending tiny spacecraft to other stars.
A team from Brown University in the U.S. and TU Delft in...
Deep Space
Elon Musk: My view about SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (doing business as SpaceX) is an American aerospace manufacturer, a provider of space transportation services, and a communications corporation headquartered...
NASA’s Hubble spots a space monster in the making
The Hubble Space Telescope, run by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), has caught sight of something spectacular happening way out in the...
The Moon is the best place to transport rocket fuel
When astronauts return to the Moon in the next few years, the plan is to have them stay for good while establishing a permanent outpost on Earth’s nearest celestial neighbor.
From platypus to parsecs and milliCrab: why do astronomers use such weird units
You may have heard about an asteroid set to fly near Earth that is the size of 18 platypus, or maybe the one that’s...
Scientists watch a black hole shredding a star
After passing too close to a supermassive black hole, the star in this artist's conception is torn apart into a thin stream of gas,...