This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. At an internal staff briefing last week, acting NASA Administrator
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. At an internal staff briefing last week, acting NASA Administrator
What can exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study posted to the arXiv preprint server and submitted to the American
Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory has released open-source software to detect potentially harmful shooting stars, called bolides—bright meteors that explode as they enter Earth’s atmosphere. The software can be
WASHINGTON — NASA has awarded a $30 million contract to a startup to attempt to boost the orbit of an astronomy satellite before it reenters next year. NASA announced Sept.
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Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container (ALSRC) – National Air and Space Museum Physical samples and their associated data and metadata underpin scientific discoveries across disciplines and can enable new science
Visual Abstract — JACS Au via PubMed The emergence of biomolecules on the primordial Earth represents a pivotal scientific question for understanding the origin of life. Recent studies show that
A classification scheme for volatile-rich sub-Neptunes. The schematic compares different types of sub-Neptunes with H2 and H2O dominated atmospheres as a function of the equilibrium temperature and H2 content. Ice
LOS ANGELES, CA – September 25, 2025 – Proteus Space, a leading innovator in rapid satellite design, digital modeling, AI&T, flight and operations solutions, has been selected by NASA for
Journey of a noncanonical amino acid into a polypeptide. The cell takes up the ncAA from its environment or biosynthesizes it. The ncAA should not interfere with the host metabolism




