There is a Sea of Galaxies to Explore The new COMAP radio survey will look beneath the ‘tip of the iceberg’ of galaxies to uncover a previously unknown era of star formation. The…
Astronomers devise a novel method for ‘seeing’ first Stars through Early Universe’s Fog A team of astronomers has developed a method for detecting light from the first stars and galaxies through the fog of the early Universe. The…
Astroforge Raises $13M Seed Round For Asteroid Mining Ambitions Although we have known for a long time that asteroids are not just cosmic trash but rather potentially valuable stores of precious minerals, humanity has…
Carbon Star’s Mysterious Death unfolds like a Six-ring Circus V Hydrae (V Hya) scientists have witnessed the star’s mysterious death throes in unprecedented detail. The team discovered six slowly-expanding rings and two hourglass-shaped structures…
Survey of Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science: A Broad View of the Early Universe New images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope show what could be one of the universe’s oldest galaxies. The images date back more than 13…
Why Does Venus Rotate In the Wrong Direction? Let’s face it: Venus is an oddball. Due to its size and density, the planet is frequently referred to as Earth’s “twin,” yet it is…
Springtime on Mars Reveals Strange Polygon-Shaped “Honeycomb” On Mars, springtime is when strange characteristics appear all across the planet’s surface as the seasons change and the temperature begins to rise. This time,…
In Earthbound Lab, scientists simulate Supernova Remnants and Star Formation A supernova can happen in one of two ways. Either a massive star will run out of fuel, ceasing to generate fusion energy in its…
Martian Rocks Collected By Curiosity Contain Key Ingredient of Life The hunt for Martian life is beginning to bear fruit. The Curiosity rover’s rock samples appear to have traces of an essential element of life…
China Has Imaged the Whole of Mars – And the Shots Are Mind-Blowing China has finished its comprehensive Mars imaging, completing one of Tianwen-1’s primary tasks. On Wednesday, June 29, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation—the principal…