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NASA Has a New Challenge to Bring Frozen Samples of the Moon Back to Earth

By Matthew Williams - October 01, 2020 04:15 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The NASA Lunar Deep Freeze Challenge is looking for innovative ideas on how to bring back ice samples from the Moon

Weekly Space Hangout: September 30, 2020, Dr. John Kiss Discusses the Growth of Plants in Space

By nancygraz - October 01, 2020 01:38 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Testing the Rover That'll Land on Phobos

By Andy Tomaswick - October 01, 2020 11:39 AM UTC | Missions

Astronomers think they've found an exoplanet in a galaxy 23 million light-years away

By Paul Sutter - October 01, 2020 10:51 AM UTC | Exoplanets

Cheops Finds a World That's Utterly Alien From Anything We Have in the Solar System

By Evan Gough - September 30, 2020 07:06 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A Galaxy has been Found That's as Bright as a Quasar... But it's Not a Quasar

By Nancy Atkinson - September 30, 2020 05:25 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Another Starship Test Tank is Pushed to the Limit and Explodes

By Matthew Williams - September 30, 2020 04:57 PM UTC | Space Exploration

SpaceX just passed another milestone with the SN7.1 test tank, which they tested to failure by pressurizing it until it exploded

Maybe Volcanoes Could Explain the Phosphine in Venus' Atmosphere

By Evan Gough - September 30, 2020 04:38 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Is There Life Deep Underground on Mars?

By Andy Tomaswick - September 30, 2020 02:53 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Astronomers Find a New Binary Object in the Kuiper Belt

By Evan Gough - September 29, 2020 08:39 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Just A Couple Of Weeks From Now, OSIRIS-REx Will Grab A Sample From Bennu

By Evan Gough - September 29, 2020 04:16 PM UTC | Missions

Climate Change is Making the Atmosphere Worse for Astronomy

By Evan Gough - September 29, 2020 01:10 PM UTC | Observing

We Might Have a New Mini-Moon Soon

By Nancy Atkinson - September 29, 2020 12:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New Radio Telescope Is Going to Fly to the Far Side of the Moon to Listen to the Signals From the Early Universe

By Andy Tomaswick - September 28, 2020 06:12 PM UTC | Cosmology

Ancient Terrain on Venus Looks Like it Was Formed Through Volcanism

By Matthew Williams - September 28, 2020 06:02 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study shows that some of the oldest surface features on Venus (tesserae) were likely formed by volcanic activity

The Newest Picture of Jupiter and Europa Captured by Hubble

By Evan Gough - September 28, 2020 03:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Video Shows a Meteoroid Skipping off Earth's Atmosphere

By Nancy Atkinson - September 28, 2020 12:51 PM UTC | Planetary Science

NASA's New Budget for Artemis? $28 Billion

By Matthew Williams - September 28, 2020 12:03 AM UTC | Space Policy

Just in time for the upcoming elections, NASA has presented Congress with the projected budget for sending astronauts back to the Moon!

Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" X: What is the Firstborn Hypothesis?

By Matthew Williams - September 27, 2020 04:26 PM UTC | Astrobiology

In this latest instalment, we explore the possibility that humanity is an early arrival to the Universe, and that intelligent species will become more common with time.

Time Travel, Without the Pesky Paradoxes

By Brian Koberlein - September 27, 2020 02:59 PM UTC | Physics

So you've built a time machine. What prevents you from creating a paradox that dooms us all?

Gaia has Already Given Us 5 New Insights Into the Milky Way

By Evan Gough - September 26, 2020 02:54 PM UTC | Milky Way

NASA Releases a New Poster for the Europa Clipper Mission

By Matthew Williams - September 25, 2020 08:30 PM UTC | Missions

In anticipation of this upcoming mission, NASA has released a stunning poster for the Europa Clipper mission!

See a 360 Degree Juno-Eye View of Jupiter During an Io Eclipse

By mcimone - September 25, 2020 07:41 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Hayabusa2's Mission isn't Over. It has a New Asteroid Target to Visit: 1998 KY26

By Evan Gough - September 25, 2020 04:18 PM UTC | Missions

Astronauts are Getting a New Toilet Next Week

By Nancy Atkinson - September 25, 2020 01:32 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The Shadow from M87's Supermassive Black Hole has Been Observed Wobbling Around the Galaxy for Years

By Brian Koberlein - September 25, 2020 01:27 PM UTC | Black Holes

Over the past decade, the shadow of a black hole in M87 has been wobbling, which tells us about how matter behaves near a black hole.

A New Mass Extinction has been Discovered, Wiping Out Life 233 Million Years Ago, and Leading to the Rise of the Dinosaurs

By Evan Gough - September 24, 2020 06:52 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Here's Jupiter from Juno's Latest Flyby

By mcimone - September 24, 2020 05:42 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Perseverance Will be Scanning Inside Rocks for Fossils on Mars

By Matthew Williams - September 24, 2020 04:45 PM UTC | Astrobiology

When it arrives on Mars next year, Perseverance will use a next-generation X-ray scanner assisted by AI to search for the fossil remains of ancient life!

Weekly Space Hangout: September 23, 2020, Col. Terry Virts (USAF ret.) Tells Us "How to Astronaut"

By nancygraz - September 24, 2020 04:13 PM UTC | Site News

Even Comets Can Have Auroras. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Does

By Evan Gough - September 24, 2020 03:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Solar Cycle 25 has arrived. Here's what to expect from the Sun in the coming months and years

By Paul Sutter - September 23, 2020 09:22 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

There Could Be Carbon-Rich Exoplanets Made Of Diamonds

By Evan Gough - September 23, 2020 08:08 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Chinese Asteroid Mining Robot Due to Launch in November

By Evan Gough - September 23, 2020 04:40 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Chitin Could be the Perfect Building Material on Mars

By Evan Gough - September 23, 2020 12:31 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Asteroid Bennu has little pieces of Vesta on it

By Andy Tomaswick - September 23, 2020 12:30 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Our Complete Guide to Mars Opposition Season 2020

By David Dickinson - September 23, 2020 12:00 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Grab your telescope: when it comes to astronomy, 2020 saved the best for last, with a fine opposition of the planet Mars coming right up next month on October 13th.

NASA's Janus Mission is Going to Visit Two Binary Asteroids

By Andy Tomaswick - September 23, 2020 11:53 AM UTC | Missions

The Surface of Mars Might Have Gotten an Acid Bath, Obscuring Evidence of Past Life

By Matthew Williams - September 22, 2020 11:19 PM UTC | Astrobiology

According to a recent study, the presence of acidic and alkali fluids on the surface of Mars mean that its soil is not likely to hold onto evidence of past life.

If dark matter is a particle, it should get inside red giant stars and change the way they behave

By Paul Sutter - September 22, 2020 09:06 PM UTC | Stars

A History of the Magellanic Clouds and How They Got Their Names

By Evan Gough - September 22, 2020 05:15 PM UTC | Milky Way

The Destruction of Dark Matter isn't Causing Extra Radiation at the Core of the Milky Way

By Brian Koberlein - September 22, 2020 02:28 PM UTC | Milky Way

While recent studies suggest that dark matter interactions might create gamma rays, a new study of gamma rays in our galaxy throws shade on that idea.

This is the View You Get Staring out of the Space Station's Cupola Module

By Nancy Atkinson - September 22, 2020 02:23 PM UTC | Space Exploration

It Looks Like Firefighters Saved Mt. Wilson Observatory

By Matthew Williams - September 21, 2020 06:08 PM UTC | Observing

Thanks to the heroic efforts of firefighters, the Mt. Wilson Observatory is now safe from the California wildfires raging through the region.

How Much Life Would Be Required to Create the Phosphine Signal on Venus?

By mcimone - September 20, 2020 11:11 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Artemis Missions Should Bring Ice Home From the Moon Too

By Matthew Williams - September 19, 2020 07:14 PM UTC | Missions

In a recent white paper, a team of scientists proposed that NASA's Artemis astronauts should also bring back samples of lunar ice to determine where the Moon's water comes from

James Webb Will Look for Signs of Life on Planets Orbiting Dead Stars

By Evan Gough - September 17, 2020 07:28 PM UTC | Astrobiology