Why Would an Alien Civilization Send Out Von Neumann Probes? Lots of Reasons, says a new Study

By Matthew Williams - March 20, 2022 01:28 PM UTC | Astrobiology

A new study takes a look at Von Neumann probes and asks the really important questions: "why would aliens send them?" and, "where might we find them?"

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Lunar Rovers Could be Dropped Into Lava Tubes to Explore Their Depths

By Andy Tomaswick - March 20, 2022 10:59 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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Machine Learning Will be one of the Best Ways to Identify Habitable Exoplanets

By Matthew Williams - March 19, 2022 06:00 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A new study has shown how machine learning will aid next-generation telescopes in the search for water on exoplanets.

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Wondering About the 6 Rays Coming out of JWST's Test Image? Here's why They Happen

By Matthew Williams - March 19, 2022 03:58 PM UTC | Telescopes

The new image taken by James Webb... were you wondering why it looks so spikey? As it turns out, that's an effect caused by its segmented mirrors!

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Astronomers Could Detect Gravitational Waves by Tracking the Moon's Orbit Around the Earth

By Brian Koberlein - March 19, 2022 03:05 PM UTC | Physics

Detecting gravitational waves by observing the Moon's motion could help solve one of the greatest mysteries in cosmology.

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Mars Orbiter Captures Images of China's Rover From Space

By Nancy Atkinson - March 19, 2022 12:53 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Chris Hadfield Drives in the Desert With a new Lunar Rover Prototype

By Nancy Atkinson - March 18, 2022 04:22 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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The Building Blocks of Earth Could Have Come From Farther out in the Solar System

By Evan Gough - March 18, 2022 04:01 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Astronomy Jargon 101: Local Group

By Paul Sutter - March 18, 2022 03:30 PM UTC | Milky Way

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There are Deposits of ice at Mercury's Poles too

By Brian Koberlein - March 18, 2022 12:06 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Ice was discovered on Mercury's poles thanks to planetary radar.

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Now That is a Big Rocket. Space Launch System Rolls out to the Launch pad for a Series of Tests

By Nancy Atkinson - March 18, 2022 11:23 AM UTC | Space Exploration

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NASA Releases Details on how Starship Will be Part of its Return to the Moon

By Andy Tomaswick - March 18, 2022 10:42 AM UTC | Space Exploration

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Astronomy Jargon 101: Magellanic Clouds

By Paul Sutter - March 17, 2022 03:32 PM UTC | Milky Way

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A Pulsar is Blasting out Jets of Matter and Antimatter

By Evan Gough - March 17, 2022 12:53 PM UTC | Stars

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ESA's Gaia Just Took a Picture of L2 Neighbor JWST

By Nancy Atkinson - March 17, 2022 10:27 AM UTC | Missions

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Astronomy Jargon 101: Neutron Star

By Paul Sutter - March 16, 2022 03:36 PM UTC | Stars

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Webb has Now Taken the Sharpest Image the Laws of Physics Allow

By Nancy Atkinson - March 16, 2022 03:28 PM UTC | Cosmology

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A new way to Confirm Hawking's Idea That Black Holes Give off Radiation

By Brian Koberlein - March 16, 2022 01:38 PM UTC | Black Holes

A quantum experiment simulates how Hawking radiation could affect quantum systems.

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It's Springtime on Mars, and the Dunes are Defrosting

By Nancy Atkinson - March 16, 2022 11:19 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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Russian Space Agency Employees are now Forbidden to Travel Outside Russia (Because They Might not Come Back)

By Evan Gough - March 15, 2022 04:14 PM UTC | Space Policy

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