What space pregnancy might actually involve
As plans for missions to Mars accelerate, so do questions about how the human body might cope. A return trip to the red planet would give more than enough time for someone to…
Lunar dust is less toxic than city pollution.
Humanity’s return to the Moon brings challenges beyond propulsion systems and spacesuit durability. One of the silent villains of lunar missions is the dust that covers the entire surface of the satellite. Extremely…
Supersonic turbulence and the first stars in the Universe
Imagine the universe shortly after the Big Bang: cold, dark, and composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium. It was in this simple and extreme environment that the first stars, known as Population…
Astrophysicists reveal link between binary stars and retrograde planet
Astrophysicists have recorded a unique case that defies classical models of planetary formation: a giant planet orbiting in the opposite direction to the movement of its binary star system. The discovery was made…
Gas giant photographed in exoplanet research
Astronomers from the Young Suns Exoplanet Survey (YSES) project announced the discovery of a planet candidate with a mass between 3 and 5 times that of Jupiter, located an impressive 730 astronomical units…
Japanese lunar module Resilience enters Moon’s orbit.
The Resilience spacecraft, developed by the Japanese company ispace, successfully reached lunar orbit on Tuesday, May 6, as scheduled. This milestone puts the mission on track for a historic attempt to land on…
Hubble Captures a Peculiar Spiral Galaxy
A beautiful, yet distorted, spiral galaxy shines in this image from NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy, named Arp 184 or NGC 1961, is located about 190 million light-years from Earth in the…
Representations of the Milky Way in Ancient Egyptian imagery
An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of Portsmouth Associate Professor of Astrophysics, Dr Or Graur to uncover what he thinks may be…
New telescope images uncover ‘Green Monster’ in Cassiopeia A
Like with the Cygnus Loop, Chandra has provided a 3-dimensional (3D) printable model that can be used to explore the end stage of a star’s life. These 3D models are based on state-of-the-art…
Mars – Tharsis
Tharsis Montes is the largest volcanic region on Mars. It is approximately 2,400 miles across, 6 miles high, and contains 12 large shield volcanoes. The summits of Tharsis Montes are about the same…