NASA Kennedy to Develop Tech to Melt Moon Dust, Extract Oxygen
A team at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is planning to develop a device that will melt lunar regolith — the dirt and dust … Read more
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NASA Research Gives New Insight into How Much Atmosphere Mars Lost
A key tracer used to estimate how much atmosphere Mars lost can change depending on the time of day and the surface temperature on the … Read more
Giant balloon-like structures discovered at center of Milky Way
An international team of astronomers, including Northwestern’s Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, has discovered one of the largest structures ever observed in the Milky Way. A newly spotted … Read more
Black hole at the center of our galaxy appears to be getting hungrier
The enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy is having an unusually large meal of interstellar gas and dust, and researchers don’t yet … Read more
Research redefines goldilocks zone for planet size habitability
In The Little Prince, the classic novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the titular prince lives on a house-sized asteroid so small that he can watch the … Read more
Afterglow sheds light on the nature, origin of neutron star collisions
The final chapter of the historic detection of the powerful merger of two neutron stars in 2017 officially has been written. After the extremely bright … Read more
And then there was light: looking for the first stars in the Universe
Astronomers are closing in on a signal that has been travelling across the Universe for 12 billion years, bringing them nearer to understanding the life … Read more
Study Reveals ‘Radical’ Wrinkle in Forming Complex Carbon Molecules in Space
A team of scientists has discovered a new possible pathway toward forming carbon structures in space using a specialized chemical exploration technique at the Department of … Read more
Psychology study reveals positive reactions to potential of alien life
Hollywood has always imagined the arrival of beings from other worlds as the cause to run through streets screaming, call up fighter jets, or, when all … Read more
For first time, astronomers catch asteroid in the act of changing color
Last December, scientists discovered an “active” asteroid within the asteroid belt, sandwiched between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The space rock, designated by astronomers … Read more
Newly Discovered Giant Planet Slingshots Around Its Star
Astronomers have discovered a planet three times the mass of Jupiter that travels on a long, egg-shaped path around its star. If this planet were … Read more
