According to a recent genetic analysis, three previously unknown strains of bacteria were discovered growing on the International Space Station. The discovery could help scientists in developing better ways for growing food on Mars. The study, which was published in … Read More
The image above may look like a fairly normal picture of the night sky, but what you’re looking at is a lot more special than just glittering stars. Each of those white dots is an active supermassive black hole. And … Read More
Work on the James Webb Space Telescope is just getting started. The new observatory, the largest space telescope ever built, successfully unfolded its final primary mirror segment on Saturday (Jan. 8), capping off what NASA has billed as one of … Read More
It marks the first time a plant has been grown on the Moon. China made history by landing its Chang’e-4 spacecraft on the Moon’s far side. The mission was also the first to experiment with growing plants on the Moon, … Read More
Author: Chris Impey When the first baby is born off-Earth, it will be a milestone as momentous as humanity’s first steps out of Africa. Such a birth would mark the beginning of a multi–planet civilization for the human species. For the … Read More
The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully deployed all five layers of its tennis-court-sized sunshield, a requirement for the telescope’s science operations and the most tense part of its risky deployment. Yesterday (Jan. 4), the difficult procedure, which required careful … Read More