Could desert lichen survive on other worlds? A new study looked at a hardy Mojave Desert lichen and found it could live even under harsh solar radiation. Image via AdisResic/
Could desert lichen survive on other worlds? A new study looked at a hardy Mojave Desert lichen and found it could live even under harsh solar radiation. Image via AdisResic/
Habitable Exoplanet – NASA The Statistical-likelihood Exoplanetary Habitability Index (SEPHI) serves as a valuable tool for prioritizing targets for further study and identifying potentially habitable environments. In this paper, we
TAMPA, Fla. — OroraTech has secured an extra 12 million euros ($13.3 million) in Series B venture funding to accelerate the expansion of its wildfire-monitoring constellation, the German satellite operator
Celestis has been a pioneering force in space-burial services since 1994. The Houston-based company has sent the DNA and other remains of loved ones, pets and celebrities into outer space
On a warm June evening, viewers in Arizona watched the sky burst with color from the clouds of gas and dust that help create our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 flight engineer Anne McClain is pictured near one of the International Space Station’s main solar arrays during a spacewalk. NASA/Nichole Ayers In this May 1,
ALMA-images of the Milky Way’s Central Molecular Zone. The research team suspects that protoplanetary discs are forming in its clouds. Credit Fengwei XU (PKU); ALMA Partnership; Laura Pérez (NRAO) For
A thick plume of sand and dust from the Sahara Desert is seen in these images blowing from the west coast of Africa across the Atlantic Ocean. Larger image Sandstorms,
TAMPA, Fla. — Denver-based Lux Aeterna emerged from stealth June 25 with $4 million in pre-seed funding to develop a fully reusable satellite slated to launch in 2027, equipped with
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Air Force is reconsidering its procurement of satellites for a low Earth orbit military constellation, pausing funding for the program in fiscal year 2026