Extraterrestrial Materials Academy (ETMA) The Extraterrestrial Materials Academy (ETMA) is scheduled for June 8–August 15, 2026, at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, Texas, in partnership with the
Extraterrestrial Materials Academy (ETMA) The Extraterrestrial Materials Academy (ETMA) is scheduled for June 8–August 15, 2026, at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, Texas, in partnership with the
Left: imaginary parts of tidal Love numbers, scaled by (Ω/ωdyn) 2ωt/Ω and plotted as a function of tidal frequency for isentropic polytropes (top) and incompressible shells (bottom) with a constant
Why is the Universe filled with matter? Why isn’t it an equal amount of matter and antimatter? We still don’t know the answer, but a new approach looks at the
The search for life-supporting worlds in the Solar System includes the Jovian moon Europa. Yes, it’s an iceberg of a world, but underneath its frozen exterior lies a deep, salty
Self-consistent obliquity and spin rate evolution for several realizations of exoplanet Kepler-79 d. Trajectories go from right to left. The planet is initalized with a spin rate of 7.5 hours
Earth isn’t the only planet to go through ice ages. A handful have hit our home planet in the last 2.5 billion years, with the most recent – which peaked
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands in launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station prior to the flight of the Starlink 6-110 mission. Image:
WASHINGTON — German launch startup Isar Aerospace won a contract to launch a European technology demonstration satellite on its Spectrum rocket in late 2026. Isar Aerospace announced Dec. 1 that
Colorado’s attorney general is suing the Trump administration over the White House’s plans to move the headquarters of U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama. The White House






