Prototypes for habitats far from planet Earth.
Maria Iacobo | School of Architecture and Planning A new MIT course this spring asked students to design what humans might need to comfortably work in and inhabit space. The time for these creations is…
Webb Telescope Captures Long-Anticipated Rare Phenomenon
The new image captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals a rare alignment of stellar jets in the Serpens Nebula, offering new perspectives on star formation. These protostellar jets, observed in the…
Defunct satellites may damage ozone layer.
Robyn Schofield, The University of Melbourne Communications companies such as Starlink plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites into orbit around Earth over the next decade or so. The growing swarm is…
Moon ice in the Artemis era: what we still don’t know
A crucial issue for lunar researchers is the accessibility of water ice at the Moon’s south pole, as experts have long assumed. Research into the feasibility of exploring water ice has become a…
Why look for life on other worlds based on life on Earth?
Cole Mathis, Arizona State University Have you ever played hide-and-seek in a new place? It’s much harder than playing at home. You only know the obvious hiding spots: under the bed, in the…
A radical new theory challenges the existence of dark matter
For decades, the existence of dark matter has been one of the most widely accepted theories in astrophysics and cosmology. This hypothetical, invisible substance is thought to make up around 85% of the…
Anomaly in Earth’s magnetic field tail
The magnetic field that protects us from solar storms and creates dazzling auroras is exhibiting strange behavior in its tail. Scientists are working to solve this mystery. Magnetic reconnection is a process where…
James Webb spots most distant black hole merger yet
In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have used NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope to detect the most distant merger of two massive black holes ever observed. This remarkable event, which occurred when the…
Astronomers are searching for Dyson spheres
A study, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, titled “Project Hephaistos—II. Dyson sphere candidates from Gaia DR3, 2MASS, and WISE”, presents a novel way of searching for technosignatures from…
NASA plans to build a rail system on the Moon
As NASA sets its sights on establishing a permanent human presence on the Moon in the coming decades, the space agency is exploring innovative ways to transport materials and cargo across the lunar…