How do we find cosmic voids?
To answer that question of what’s inside a void, we have to first decide what a void…is.
PBS celebrates 25 years of the ISS with NOVA’s ‘Operation Space Station’ on Nov. 5
This intimate look at the design, building, and operation of the ISS airs on PBS Nov. 5 and Nov. 12.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 184 — Space is Scary!
On Episode 184 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik look at why space can be scary with a survey of some of the best (and most…
A Flash, a Boom, a New Microbe Habitat
After an asteroid struck Finland long ago, microscopic life colonized the impact site within a few million years, new research reveals.
Scientists Confirm the Universe Was Hotter in the Past
Researchers from Keio University have made the most precise measurement yet of the cosmic microwave background radiation’s temperature from seven billion years ago, finding it was approximately 5.13 K, roughly…
3I/ATLAS Brightens Dramatically as it Swings Past the Sun
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has undergone dramatic brightening as it approached its closest point to the Sun. Researchers have been using solar monitoring satellites to track it during a period when…
Space Clouds Are Chemical Factories Making the Building Blocks of Life
Scientists at MIT have discovered over 100 different molecules in a stellar nursery called the Taurus Molecular Cloud-1, making it the most chemically diverse interstellar cloud ever observed. Using over…
Mapping Alien Worlds in 3D
For the first time, astronomers have mapped the three-dimensional atmosphere of a planet orbiting a distant star, revealing temperature variations and distinct atmospheric regions across an alien world 400 light…
The Future of Propellantless Space Travel
Every kilogram of rocket fuel is dead weight once it’s burned, yet conventional spacecraft must carry hundreds, sometimes thousands of tons of propellant to reach even nearby planets. This fundamental…