A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part VIII: Paradox? What Paradox? May 31, 2026A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part VIII: Paradox? What Paradox? By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/qpBMPGN) In recent decades, the Search...Read More
Did We Invent Dark Energy for Nothing? May 31, 2026Did We Invent Dark Energy for Nothing? By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/8kyj1NT) For nearly thirty years, dark energy has been cosmology...Read More
It Took a Cosmic Village to Shape Early Galaxies May 31, 2026It Took a Cosmic Village to Shape Early Galaxies By Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://ift.tt/IpJ2NeR) An early galaxy cluster named after...Read More
Lasers at the Lunar Poles Could Help Astronauts Navigate May 30, 2026Lasers at the Lunar Poles Could Help Astronauts Navigate By Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://ift.tt/IpJ2NeR) A team of scientists is exp...Read More
Who You Send to the Moon Matters More Than You Think May 30, 2026Who You Send to the Moon Matters More Than You Think By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/SuhgUJ6) Building a permanent base on the Moon soun...Read More
MAVEN Spacecraft Finds New Plasma Squeezing at Mars May 29, 2026MAVEN Spacecraft Finds New Plasma Squeezing at Mars By Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://ift.tt/2iBm9pC) A cloaked alien invasion force is ...Read More
JWST Studies a Dark and Airless Super-Earth May 28, 2026JWST Studies a Dark and Airless Super-Earth By Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://ift.tt/9tl26Zk) There's a planet out there called LH...Read More
Earthly Hors d'oeuvres For Hungry Red Dwarfs May 28, 2026Earthly Hors d'oeuvres For Hungry Red Dwarfs By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/YrJgdcG) We know that stars can engulf planets because sta...Read More
An Orbiting Satellite Triad Reveals Motions Inside Earth May 28, 2026An Orbiting Satellite Triad Reveals Motions Inside Earth By Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://ift.tt/9tl26Zk) Our planet's liquid iro...Read More
Astrophysical Calibration Could "Autotune" Gravitational Wave Detection May 27, 2026Astrophysical Calibration Could "Autotune" Gravitational Wave Detection By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/H9vUw8f) The LIGO–V...Read More
When Spacetime Crystallises, a Black Hole is Born May 27, 2026When Spacetime Crystallises, a Black Hole is Born By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/lB2HntR) Physicists have thought for decades that micr...Read More
The Weirdness of Early Universe SMBHs Gets Even Weirder May 27, 2026The Weirdness of Early Universe SMBHs Gets Even Weirder By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/YMnWhey) The JWST has shown us some strange things ...Read More
The Sun Just Did Something Nobody Expected and it Kept Going For 19 Days May 26, 2026The Sun Just Did Something Nobody Expected and it Kept Going For 19 Days By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/mCh84iL) In August 2025, a NASA...Read More
The Definitive Census of Multiple Star Systems Within 10 Parsecs May 26, 2026The Definitive Census of Multiple Star Systems Within 10 Parsecs By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/KZvQVRr) Our Sun is a loner. It lacks ...Read More
NASA's Next-Generation AI Processor Passes Early Testing May 25, 2026NASA's Next-Generation AI Processor Passes Early Testing By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/xKvpm5h) As part of a commercial partner...Read More
Ultrahigh-energy Cosmic Rays May Be Ultraheavy in Origin May 25, 2026Ultrahigh-energy Cosmic Rays May Be Ultraheavy in Origin By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/xKvpm5h) New research led by Penn State scie...Read More
Early Life on Earth May Have Thrived in Impact Craters May 25, 2026Early Life on Earth May Have Thrived in Impact Craters By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/Kn4J6Sl) A team of South Korean scientists has uncov...Read More
A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part VII: Brief Windows and Transcendence May 24, 2026A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part VII: Brief Windows and Transcendence By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/xKvpm5h) Could the "Great...Read More
Alien life may be missed by current space missions, but AI might help May 24, 2026Alien life may be missed by current space missions, but AI might help By Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://ift.tt/qEjhPOg) It’s 2035 and NA...Read More
Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 4: We Owe Dust Our Lives May 22, 2026Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 4: We Owe Dust Our Lives By Paul Sutter (https://ift.tt/a3BczAE) No dust, no way to cool a c...Read More
NASA’S Juno Makes Closest Ever Approach To Jupiter’s Moon Of Thebe May 22, 2026NASA’S Juno Makes Closest Ever Approach To Jupiter’s Moon Of Thebe By Bruce Dorminey (https://ift.tt/a0OfUgJ) NASA’S Juno spacecraft imag...Read More
A Beautiful Death: How a Dying Star Created the Crystal Ball Nebula May 22, 2026A Beautiful Death: How a Dying Star Created the Crystal Ball Nebula By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/XHoEadw) Planetary nebula are created w...Read More
Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 3: Tiny Chemistry Labs May 22, 2026Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 3: Tiny Chemistry Labs By Paul Sutter (https://ift.tt/a3BczAE) Two hydrogen atoms can't ...Read More
Crypto investor works on a plan to ride SpaceX's Starship around Mars May 21, 2026Crypto investor works on a plan to ride SpaceX's Starship around Mars By Alan Boyle (https://ift.tt/nQbD7RJ) Chinese-born cryptocurre...Read More
Both Hemispheres of 3I/ATLAS Observed Simultaneously by JUICE and Europa Clipper May 21, 2026Both Hemispheres of 3I/ATLAS Observed Simultaneously by JUICE and Europa Clipper By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/ISrgRxu) The Southwe...Read More
The Magnetar at the Heart of a Superluminous Supernova May 21, 2026The Magnetar at the Heart of a Superluminous Supernova By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/XHoEadw) Superluminous supernovae are the royalty in...Read More
Future Mars Rovers Could Mimic a Swimming Motion to Traverse the Planet's Surface May 20, 2026Future Mars Rovers Could Mimic a Swimming Motion to Traverse the Planet's Surface By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/0LAdPWn) Some animals...Read More
Hellish Venus-Like Planets May Be More Prevalent Than True ExoEarths May 20, 2026Hellish Venus-Like Planets May Be More Prevalent Than True ExoEarths By Bruce Dorminey (https://ift.tt/1cMEqHL) Exoplanet hunters are kee...Read More
NASA's Psyche Mission Says Goodbye to Mars and Heads for its Metal-Rich Target May 20, 2026NASA's Psyche Mission Says Goodbye to Mars and Heads for its Metal-Rich Target By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/0LAdPWn) Spacecraft ofte...Read More
Extreme Lunar Conditions Need an Extreme Test Rig May 20, 2026Extreme Lunar Conditions Need an Extreme Test Rig By Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://ift.tt/qvQsChV) When people eventually head to the...Read More
Mergers, Mayhem, and the Milky Way May 20, 2026Mergers, Mayhem, and the Milky Way By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/0LAdPWn) Galaxies grow through mergers and collisions, and astronomers w...Read More
Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 1: The Apology Begins May 20, 2026Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 1: The Apology Begins By Paul Sutter (https://ift.tt/iY5HTGK) Years of grievance against dus...Read More
A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part VI: The Great Silence and the Great Filter May 19, 2026A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part VI: The Great Silence and the Great Filter By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/hza6Sj9) In the closing ...Read More
TESS Data Reveals 27 New Planet Candidates in Binary Systems May 18, 2026TESS Data Reveals 27 New Planet Candidates in Binary Systems By Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://ift.tt/iMQ5Y9c) You’re doing some late af...Read More
Astronomers Find New Circumbinary "Tatooine-like" Planet Candidates May 18, 2026Astronomers Find New Circumbinary "Tatooine-like" Planet Candidates By Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://ift.tt/IxY2m10) There...Read More
A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part V: The First Interstellar Messengers May 18, 2026A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part V: The First Interstellar Messengers By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/MH69N3W) During the 1970s, the...Read More
Iron and Ice: Earth's Passage Through the Interstellar Cloud May 18, 2026Iron and Ice: Earth's Passage Through the Interstellar Cloud By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/dQFtfB4) Our Solar System is currently pas...Read More
Gazing Into the Past With TIME May 18, 2026Gazing Into the Past With TIME By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/dQFtfB4) How can astronomers observe ancient galaxies when they're so ch...Read More
What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 3: A Universe From Nothing May 18, 2026What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 3: A Universe From Nothing By Paul Sutter (https://ift.tt/xL6K5Oq) Run Hawking's machiner...Read More
New Algorithm Cracks the Asteroid Routing Problem May 18, 2026New Algorithm Cracks the Asteroid Routing Problem By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/gmvAfi4) The Traveling Salesman is a classic problem ...Read More
What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 2: No Boundary, No Problem May 17, 2026What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 2: No Boundary, No Problem By Paul Sutter (https://ift.tt/vKqW5EH) Hawking faced a question w...Read More
What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 1: A Wave Function for the Universe May 16, 2026What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 1: A Wave Function for the Universe By Paul Sutter (https://ift.tt/QRnI1tg) The equations of ...Read More
Bizarre Venus Surface Formations Puzzle Planetary Scientists May 15, 2026Bizarre Venus Surface Formations Puzzle Planetary Scientists By Bruce Dorminey (https://ift.tt/jWI2F8Z) Enigmatic crownlike surface forma...Read More
Turbulence in the Milky Way's ISM Distorts Light from Distant Quasars May 15, 2026Turbulence in the Milky Way's ISM Distorts Light from Distant Quasars By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/cCKHvkM) We may be getting better...Read More
It's Raining Stardust. It Has Been for Thousands of Years. May 15, 2026It's Raining Stardust. It Has Been for Thousands of Years. By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/K9EXfTe) Right now, as you read this, Ear...Read More
We've Been Listening for Ten Years. Here's What We Heard May 14, 2026We've Been Listening for Ten Years. Here's What We Heard By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/K9EXfTe) For ten years, astronomers at ...Read More
UC Student Gets a Closer Look at Lonely Gas Giant May 14, 2026UC Student Gets a Closer Look at Lonely Gas Giant By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/nHjv9Ny) University of Cincinnati astrophysicist Pa...Read More
We've Been Wasting 99% of Our Supernova Data May 14, 2026We've Been Wasting 99% of Our Supernova Data By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/K9EXfTe) Every time an astronomer points a telescope at...Read More
A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part IV: Arecibo and the WOW! Signal May 13, 2026A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part IV: Arecibo and the WOW! Signal By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/nHjv9Ny) During the 1970s, pioneeri...Read More
Forget Searching for Individual Biosignatures. Instead, Find Their Patterns May 13, 2026Forget Searching for Individual Biosignatures. Instead, Find Their Patterns By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/mUpT1oX) The search for life el...Read More