Dark matter could tint light passing through it, depending on the model. While the effect is tiny, it is just on the edge of our ability to detect it.
Dark matter could tint light passing through it, depending on the model. While the effect is tiny, it is just on the edge of our ability to detect it.
Schematic representation of the relationship between criteria, “arguments,” and false positive/negative potential within the Life Detection Knowledge Base (LDKB). Knowledge sourced from peer-reviewed publications is represented in the LDKB in
Every superhero — or antihero — needs a sidekick. And it turns out that Beetlejuice Betelgeuse does indeed have one! The red supergiant star found in the constellation Orion has
The time evolution of the stellar spectra occulted by the planet as a function of orbital phase, in the wavelength range 5882–5902 Å, which includes the sodium doublet. The positions
Two examples of Martian dunes with linear dune gullies. North is up in both images. (a) Linear dune gullies on a dune field in Galle crater (HiRISE image ESP_077477_1280_MIRB). (b)
Top: Simulated EVE observation of an exocomet transit of a K7V at 100 pc expected during a 20 d stare at ∼20 Myr Theia 43 or 45 associations. We scale
Mass distribution inside the plume (left) and leaving the plume (right) for the different particle sizes along the plume vertical extent for the low (top) and high (bottom) plume cases.
The tug-of-war over space shuttle Discovery is becoming more volatile. Discovery — the crown jewel of the Smithsonian Institution’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia — is the subject of a
The moon is about to become the first extraterrestrial mining frontier, and most investors may be backing the wrong players. While venture capital pours into space startups promising to revolutionize
WASHINGTON — Vantor, the commercial Earth intelligence firm formerly known as Maxar Intelligence, has begun providing high-resolution space-to-space imagery to the U.S. Space Force, filling a gap in military surveillance




