We may take it for granted, but every day we receive picture postcards from the robotic travelers we have sent...
Science & Technology
In a few years, NASA and the ESA will conduct the long-awaited Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission. This mission will...
When we look at images of star birth regions, they look both placid and active at the same time. That’s...
Earlier this month we asked, what could be better than a pair of galaxies observed by a pair of iconic...
The Fermi Paradox won’t go away. It’s one of our most compelling thought experiments, and generations of scientists keep wrestling...
A prototype of ESA’s new heavy lift rocket is now fully assembled and sitting on the launchpad at Europe’s Spaceport...
Gravitational assists are marvels of orbital mechanics. Usually, they are done for a combination of fuel (i.e., cost) savings and...
The Universe is over 13 billion years old, so a 12-year slice of that time might seem uneventful. But a...
If you think writing paper is expensive these days, be glad you didn’t live in the middle ages. Back then,...
It’s been a banner time for black hole research! In recent months, astrophysicists have announced the discovery of the most...
