Life-friendly molecules are leaking out of Jupiter’s giant moon Europa, Galileo images hint
Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa appears to have life-friendly molecules on its surface. Al Emran, a researcher with NASA‘s…
Silicon as strategy: the hidden battleground of the new space race
In the consumer electronics playbook, custom silicon is the final step in the marathon: you use off-the-shelf components…
NASA satellite watches January’s polar vortex photo of the day for Feb. 4, 2026
After a major winter storm swept across the country in late January, a prolonged surge of Arctic air…
China Provides Glimpse of Colossal Orbital Aircraft Carrier
Last weekend, a China Central Television YouTube channel shared a video showing off some recent developments in autonomous…
Sunspot region continues to blast out powerful solar flares
A newly active area on the sun is responsible for dozens of eruptions known as solar flares, including…
Astronomers relieved as industrial plant threatening Earth’s darkest sky gets cancelled
A plan to build a light-polluting green hydrogen plant near one of the world’s most important astronomical observatories…
Jaw-dropping raw footage shows spacecraft ripping through the atmosphere as it reenters Earth at Mach 25
Space exploration continues to quite literally hit new highs, and this footage shows a spacecraft zooming back down…
US lab uses lasers, heat to map neptunium for deep-space nuclear fuel
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are studying neptunium, a rare radioactive element. It serves as the…
Asteroid Nuking Could Save Earth and It’s No Longer Just Sci-Fi!
In the ever-growing concern about asteroid collisions with Earth, a new study published in Nature Communications offers a…
The Northern Lights May Be Visible This Week Due to Intense Solar Activity
Key Points A surge in solar activity, including an X8.3-class solar flare from fast-growing sunspot Region 4366—has triggered…
Mars Just Got a Whole Lot More Habitable, Thanks to These Weird Earth Creatures!
Life from Earth surviving the harsh conditions of Mars? New research suggests it’s possible, but only if you’re…
The Annular Solar Eclipse Will Bring a ‘Ring of Fire.’ How to Maximize Its Power in the Year of the Fire Horse
Eclipses—both lunar eclipse and solar eclipse—make us feel as though it’s now or never. The truth, however, is…