Auroras on Jupiter’s giant moon Ganymede look like Earth’s northern lights, NASA spacecraft reveals
Ganymede’s auroras splinter into small, bright patches — structures that mirror features seen in Earth’s own auroral displays.
Introducing the ‘Interplanetary Habitable Zone’
Anyone familiar with the search for alien life will have heard of the “Goldilocks Zone” around a star. This is defined as the orbital band where the temperature is just…
SpaceX Starlink launch creates gorgeous ‘jellyfish’ in predawn Florida skies (video, photos)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday (March 4), creating a sky show for early risers.
Antarctica has lost 5,000 square miles of ‘grounded ice’ in the last 30 years, satellite images reveal
Antarctica has lost nearly 5,000 square miles of “grounded ice” in 30 years, as warming ocean waters drive retreat in vulnerable regions, a new study finds.
Cosmic Collaboration: Euclid and Hubble Team Up to Capture the Cat’s Eye Nebula
It’s hard to turn away from a picture of the Cat’s Eye Nebula, even if you’ve seen it dozens of times. It may be the most visually compelling planetary nebula…
Blowing Stellar Bubbles
X-ray: NASA/CXC/John Hopkins Univ./C.M. Lisse et al.; Infrared: NASA/ESA/STIS; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk For the first time, a young, Sun-like star has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy,…
I Am Artemis: Paul Boehm
3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Paul Boehm Paul Boehm, Orion crew support and thermal systems functional area manager, stands in the Orion Life Support Integration Facility (OLIF) at NASA’s…
Mutable Tactics raises $2.1 million for AI drone coordination in satellite-denied environments
British startup Mutable Tactics has raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding to develop AI software enabling groups of military drones to operate autonomously, even when satellite navigation and communications are…
NASA, OPM Launch NASA Force to Recruit Top Talent for US Space Program
Credit: NASA The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and NASA announced NASA Force on Wednesday, a dedicated talent track within the US Tech Force initiative designed to recruit and…
Red Dwarf Stars Might Starve Alien Plants of the “Quality” Light They Need to Breathe
Red dwarfs make up the vast majority of stars in the galaxy. Such ubiquity means they host the majority of rocky exoplanets we’ve found so far – which in turn…