Bold claims of ‘biosignature’ molecules trigger an outpouring of scepticism. An artist’s impression of K2-18 b, where researchers report a signature of life’s activity.Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser A University of Cambridge-led team of astronomers made worldwide headlines last night
“Starburst galaxies birth lots of hot blue stars that burn fast and die quickly in explosions that unleash intense ultraviolet light.” The starburst galaxy NGC 4536, seen here in a photo by the Hubble Space Telescope, has bright blue clusters
The gigantic coronal hole is blasting high-speed solar wind toward Earth, potentially igniting vibrant auroras and minor geomagnetic activity on Jan. 31. and Feb. 1. The gigantic coronal hole is blasting high-speed solar wind toward Earth. (Image credit: NASA SDO) A
New Glenn is scheduled to lift off during a three-hour window that opens at 1 a.m. ET on Monday (Jan. 13). Blue Origin’s first New Glenn rocket on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Image credit: Blue Origin)
The SpaDeX mission will attempt India’s first-ever autonomous docking in space. An Indian Space Research Organisation PSLV rocket launches the two satellites of the Space Docking Experiment mission into orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Center in India on Dec. 30,
“Excessive secrecy has led to grave misdeeds against loyal civil servants, military personnel and the public — all to hide the fact that we are not alone in the cosmos.” UFOs came to Washington again today. The U.S. House of
“The Roman Coronagraph is designed to detect planets 100 million times fainter than their stars.” The Roman Coronagraph is integrated with the Instrument Carrier for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in a clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight
Early tests of remotely operating robotics with an eye to employing them on the moon have been promising. Future moon rovers could be teleoperated from Earth. (Image credit: NASA/Daniel Rutter) Teleoperated rovers could soon be working on the moon, with
‘We believe that dusty Martian ice exposures in the mid-latitudes represent the most easily accessible places to search for Martian life today.’ Images of the Red Planet taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona.) The conditions needed
“Discovering something new is always a thrill for a scientist.” An illustration of the star cluster R136 in the Large Magellanic Cloud ejecting runaway stars (Image credit: Danielle Futselaar, James Webb Space Telescope/NIRCam – NASA, ESA, CSA and STScI.) Using Europe’s