Researchers rediscover ancient parchment that served as ancient, accurate map of the sky
The catalog was thought to be lost -- but was now rediscovered.
Tag: Space
Perseverance finds organic material in rock samples from Mars
This isn't proof that Mars used to harbor life, but it does help support that hypothesis.
NASA funds three research projects aimed at clearing the trash in Earth’s orbit
Tidying up in space will take some impressive research.
Chinese astronauts grow rice and cress in space, on the Tiangong 1 station
More and more experiments show that food can be grown in space.
The James Webb Space Telescope goes live with a stunning first picture, peering 13 billion years into the past
This is a momentous occasion.
An incredibly detailed map of Psyche shows the asteroid has a very eventful history
Metals, rock, and craters are sprinkled all throughout its surface.
We’ve managed to litter Mars, as well, NASA’s Perseverance Rover shows
Wherever humans go, trash follows.
Is it possible for planets to orbit multiple star systems like in sci-fi?
Planets in binary, tetranary, octonary systems. Are they possible?
Scientists want to make space bricks out of human urine on Mars
Everything we need to build stuff would already be available on Mars.
The pharmanauts: how will astronauts produce drugs on deep space missions?
Scientists have come up with some pretty inventive ways to produce interstellar drugs -- because astronauts will likely need them.
Researchers have just found the biggest galaxy ever discovered — and it’s big alright
We don't really know why these ultra-big structures get so big -- but finding more of them could help us ...
Earth might develop ‘junk’ rings — but engineers are working to prevent that
Magnets can help un-clutter space, according to new research.
What is the Oort cloud: the very edge of the solar system
At the edge of the Sun's gravitational influence, there's a cloud of ice and rock. Probably.
Martian outposts could be made with astronaut’s blood, sweat, and pee — quite literally
Their blood, tears, and sweat contain useful chemicals for developing construction materials.
Bezos picks aerospace pioneer Wally Funk to join him on space flight
They are scheduled to launch on July 20 on the New Shepard rocket
Alien observers from 1,700 star systems could already be aware that there’s life on Earth
Researchers estimate that 29 of those are potentially habitable.
Two new NASA missions earmarked for ‘lost habitable’ planet Venus
We haven't been there in a while.
Uranus is leaking radiation, researchers say
Some headline formats never get old.
A new approach to cleaning space junk is being tested in space right now
It's not meant to remove what's already there, but to stop new trash from piling up.