Tag: space
Protecting human heritage on the moon: Don’t let ‘one small step’...
Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi
Why did the hominin cross the plain? We may never know. But anthropologists are pretty sure that a smattering...
You may not even need a telescope to see Comet 46P/Wirtanen...
Shannon Schmoll, Michigan State University
As comets blaze across the night sky, they can bring wonder and excitement to those watching from Earth – or...
The next big discovery in astronomy? Scientists probably found it years...
Eileen Meyer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Earlier this year, astronomers stumbled upon a fascinating finding: Thousands of black holes likely exist near the center...
Look up – it’s a satellite!
Christopher Palma, Pennsylvania State University
I saw my first artificial satellite with my naked eyes during the summer of 1994. I was watching pieces of...
Look up at the super blue blood full moon Jan. 31...
Shannon Schmoll, Michigan State University
During the early hours of Jan. 31, there will be a full moon, a total lunar eclipse, a blue moon...
Seeds in space – how well can they survive harsh, non-Earth...
Gina Riggio, University of Arkansas
Will we someday colonize space? Will our children visit other planets? To achieve goals like these, we’ll need to crack...
Talking to Mars: new antenna design could aid interplanetary communication
Jean Paul Santos, University of California, Los Angeles; Joshua M Kovitz, University of California, Los Angeles, and Yahya Rahmat-Samii, University of California, Los Angeles
When...
Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth’s equatorial region, not just...
Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth's equatorial region, not just the poles
Brett Carter, Boston College and Alexa Halford, Dartmouth College
The Earth’s magnetic field...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
