A potent solar storm is on its way and could put on a spectacular northern lights display for Labor Day across the U.S. A fast-moving coronal mass ejection (CME), launched
A potent solar storm is on its way and could put on a spectacular northern lights display for Labor Day across the U.S. A fast-moving coronal mass ejection (CME), launched
Deep imaging (top) and polarimetric (bottom) maps of 3I from a subset of VLT observations. The colour scale in the imaging maps does not reflect the absolute brightness of the
The Large Dirty Mars Chamber, housed at the Open University. Credit: Petr Brož Scientists have been able to recreate the extreme conditions found on icy moons in deep space –
Hurricane Erin might not have made landfall in the United States, but it’s still been pretty impactful along the East Coast. The storm might not be the strongest, spinning and
VLA Photo: Credit: NSF/NSF NRAO/AUI/B.Foott This white paper highlights the work that is needed to anticipate the challenges and societal impacts of a possible technosignature detection. We recommend practical steps
This artist’s impression shows the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis. In the outermost part of the disc, volatile gases are frozen out as ice, which contains complex organic
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has discovered complex organic molecules—including the first
The days are getting shorter and not just because summer is waning in the Northern Hemisphere. On Tuesday, Aug. 5, Earth’s solar day will be ever so slightly shorter than
Earth has endured, and been shaped by, a constant rain of material from elsewhere in the Solar System. Some of the material was large, like the Chicxulub asteroid that ended
WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic is pushing back slightly the beginning of commercial flights of its Delta-class suborbital spaceplanes next year as it deals with a manufacturing issue. To continue reading






