Confirmed by NASA—before oxygen and plants, Earth may have had a violet hue due to a molecule called retinal
If we had to color a picture of the Earth, we would color it green and blue, right?…
Researchers Alarmed to Discover Satellites Broadcasting Unencrypted Military Secrets
The skies above us are teeming with satellites. The latest figures estimate there are over 12,000 satellites currently…
SpaceX Veteran Lays Out Impulse Space’s Roadmap for Making Deliveries to the Moon
Impulse Space, the California-based venture founded by veteran SpaceX engineer Tom Mueller, today unveiled its proposed architecture for…
Solving the Mystery of Solar Rain
The corona of the Sun is an extraordinary place, with temperatures exceeding one million degrees Celsius, far hotter…
NASA’s JPL cuts 550 jobs in latest round of layoffs at La Cañada Flintridge facility
Layoff notices went out Tuesday to 550 employees at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in response to ongoing budgetary…
Could giant lava tubes discovered on Venus help make human colonization possible
Venus, often called Earth’s sister because of its similar size and mass, will soon take center stage again.…
It’s official—NASA confirms that an asteroid discovered by the James Webb could collide with the Moon in the coming years
NASA has something important to say about the Moon… For most of us, the Moon seems like the…
NASA lays off 550 employees at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in sweeping ‘realignment’ of workforce
Approximately 550 employees of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be laid off, according to an announcement made…
The Universe’s “Red Sky Paradox” Just Got Darker — Most Stars Might Never Host Observers
A new study has looked into the so-called “red sky paradox” and the puzzling observation that intelligent life…
Tidal forces heat white dwarfs to unexpected temperatures in tight binary orbits
Impression of the 6.9 minute double white dwarf binary J1539+5027, composed of a tidally heated white dwarf (yellow)…
Rocket Lab launches 7th StriX Earth observation satellites for Japan-based Synspective – Spaceflight Now
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 1 at Mahia, New Zealand on the ‘Owl…