Four-legged robots look to speed up Mars and Moon exploration
The slowest part of a Mars mission is often not the driving, it is the waiting. A rover…
Two bright comets grace Australian skies in April. Here’s how to see them
Australians could be treated to not one, but two, comets this month — but only if the icy…
Astrophysicists are close to proving the existence of primordial black holes
On November 12, 2025, a ripple passed through the fabric of spacetime and triggered alarms at three gravitational-wave…
America’s nuclear spacecraft is heading to Mars, and it’s bringing helicopters
For decades, nuclear propulsion has been a fixture of aerospace engineering proposals and government studies, always promising, never…
Lightning bolts on Jupiter are up to 100 times stronger than Earth’s
On Jupiter, a storm doesn’t just brew, it can simmer for centuries. The planet’s atmosphere is a perpetual…
Distance in space is an illusion
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Backyard Astrophotographer’s Images Play at the End of ‘Project Hail Mary’
Rod Prazeres’ images appear during the end credits. A photographer has expressed his delight as his images of…
New moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter and Saturn
ⓘ Placidplace – Pixabay An artist’s illustration showing Saturn’s rings and several moons. Astronomers have discovered new moons…
The haziest planet we’ve ever seen won’t give up its secrets
Something is hiding inside Kepler-51d, and it’s doing a remarkably good job of it. About 2,615 light-years away…
Scientists are rethinking how young galaxies formed their magnetic fields
Magnetic fields that stretch across thousands of light-years should take a very long time to organize. Standard dynamo…
AI transforming our understanding of the universe
Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera…
Enrichment by the first stars in a relic dwarf galaxy
Flaugher, B. et al. The dark energy camera. Astron. J. 150, 150 (2015). Article ADS Google Scholar Beers,…