Searching for habitable exoplanets will require decades of work, new technologies, and new ideas. A lot of that effort seems to coalescing around the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), a proposed
Searching for habitable exoplanets will require decades of work, new technologies, and new ideas. A lot of that effort seems to coalescing around the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), a proposed
Macquarie University astronomers have tracked an extreme planet’s orbital decay, confirming it is spiraling toward its star in a cosmic death dance that could end in three possible ways. It
Atmospheric escape shapes an exoplanet’s future. Earth’s exosphere is extended and detectable due to ocean-related atmospheric escape. If we can detect the same features on an exoplanet, it could suggest
Very massive stars (VMSs)have had a massive impact on the formation of our universe. However, there aren’t very many of them, with only around 20 known specimens in the Milky
Our quest for universal internet is stealing the stars. Thousands of satellites now travelling across the night sky are far brighter than international safety limits, turning what was once humanity’s
When we leave Earth, we have to bring everything with us, from the air we breathe to the food we eat. For example, a 6-person, 1000-day mission might require 108
Scientists have recreated the universe’s first moments by smashing atomic nuclei together at near-light speeds, generating temperatures 1,000 times hotter than the Sun’s core and briefly forming the same “soup”
China is poised to make space exploration history again with its Tianwen-3 mission launching in 2028. With the audacious plan to drill two meters beneath Mars’ radiation blasted surface it
A 14year study of Hong Kong’s Earth Hour participation has revealed that it’s not the millions of apartment windows or office buildings that steal our night sky, but rather a
When Einstein’s predicted ripples in spacetime pass through magnetic fields, they cause the current carrying wires to dance at the gravitational wave frequency, creating potentially detectable electrical signals. Researchers have