Tag: space
The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as...
Luke Keller, Ithaca College
For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like....
NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon –...
Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi
The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing...
Water recycling is paramount for space stations and long-duration missions −...
Berrin Tansel, Florida International University
When you’re on a camping trip, you might have to pack your own food...
‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it...
Timiebi Aganaba, Arizona State University; Adam Fish, UNSW Sydney; Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, University of British Columbia, and Tony Milligan, King's College London
Astronomers have discovered another puzzling interstellar object − this third one...
Darryl Z. Seligman, Michigan State University
Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright...
Uncertainty at NASA − Trump withdraws his nominee for administrator while...
Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University
Over the past several days, NASA’s ambitious space exploration plans have experienced major setbacks....
A decade after the release of ‘The Martian’ and a decade...
Ari Koeppel, Dartmouth College
Andy Weir’s bestselling story “The Martian” predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans...
Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light’s ability to travel...
Jarred Roberts, University of California, San Diego
My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard,...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
