Earth’s magnetic field changes how we detect thunderstorms
Cosmic rays let a telescope read thunderstorms from the ground, and Earth’s magnetic field explains why it sees…
Supermassive black holes ‘kill’ their host galaxies using plasma jets as their murder weapons
Scientists have discovered how jets launched by supermassive black holes can determine how their host galaxies “die.” The…
What space travel teaches us about sleep and circadian rhythms
On Earth, most of us rarely have to think about the signals that keep our internal clocks aligned.…
In 2015, 2kg of rocket seeds went to the space station; after their return, 600,000 UK children helped test them, and researchers found they grew more slowly but remained viable
Tim PeakePhoto credit: Esa.int ESA astronaut Tim Peake took 2kg of rocket seeds to the International Space Station…
Astronomers Detected Radio Signals From An Alien Planet
Astronomers are always on the lookout for radio signals from outer space.…
APOD: 2026 October 3 – Selfie at Vera Rubin Ridge
Explanation: On sol 1943 of its journey of exploration across the surface of Mars, the Curiosity Rover recorded…
NASA’s Roman telescope just opened its planet-hunting eye
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has completed an important series of tests showing that it can keep…
Astronomers detect first-ever radio emission from an exoplanet
Astronomers say they have directly detected the first-ever radio emission from a planet outside the solar system. The…
NASA’s DAVINCI Probe Can Stand the Heat
The engineering development unit for NASA’s DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) probe…
Portugal’s Omnidea Acquires Orbex Assets, Plans PrimeNEO Rocket
Credit: Orbex Portuguese space technology group Omnidea has acquired most of Orbex’s intellectual property and UK assets after…
Scientists Thought Mars’s North Polar Ice Was 25% Dust. They Were Way Off
When NASA’s Mars Phoenix mission successfully sampled ice from the Martian arctic regions, it made astrobiological history. This…
Former SR-71 Engineer Talks NASA’s Blackbird Revival Program
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