After two failed attempts, NASA has successfully launched the Space Launch System, a Moon-bound megarocket that will travel beyond the far side of the Moon and back – further than any other habitable spacecraft so far. The Artemis 1 mission … Read More
Most of us learned in school that the planets are in the following order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and (until 2006) Pluto. As a result, you could be forgiven for thinking that our closest planetary neighbor … Read More
Sometimes all it takes is an unexpected smile to make your day better. That kind of happy surprise doesn’t come much bigger than this. NASA astronomers have spotted the Sun with a remarkable, joyful grin, in a sunny spectacle guaranteed to … Read More
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has suggested that a $100,000 SpaceX ticket to Mars would be affordable for “almost anyone.” Given that many people are currently struggling to heat their homes or fill their gas tanks, some have suggested … Read More
Author: Miguel Claro On July 10, 2022, a gigantic solar prominence appeared in the sun’s chromosphere, throwing a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. Luckily, I happened to check the solar activity at the end of the day. Normally I … Read More
In late 2020, scientists studying Venus’s atmosphere announced the surprising – and controversial – discovery of phosphine, a chemical produced primarily by living organisms on Earth. At the time, Jane Greaves of Cardiff University in Wales and her colleagues wondered … Read More