NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope could help solve these 5 exoplanet puzzles
Detecting exoplanets used to be so difficult that scientists spotted the first black hole, detected the leftover radiation from the […]
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China’s Chang’e-6 snagged the first samples from the farside of the moon
China has become the first country to collect samples from the farside of the moon, hopefully providing scientists with new
Scientists want to send endangered species to the moon
As more and more species near extinction, scientists have been collecting samples from animals, plants and other creatures and storing
Astronauts actually get stuck in space all the time
Imagine going on a weeklong business trip and not coming home until the following year. That may be the situation
Human spaceflight’s new era is fraught with medical and ethical questions
They say that going to space changes you. Often, what’s being referenced is a shift in mindset, a renewed sense
Astronomers watch a supermassive black hole turn on for the first time
Somewhere in the not-too-distant universe, a galaxy named SDSS1335+0728 is waking up. Over the past four years, astronomers have been
50 years ago, the sun’s influence on Earth’s lightning was revealed
Lightning and the sun — Science News, June 22, 1974 The latest addition to the growing list of meteorological phenomena
A planet needs to start with a lot of water to become like Earth
In planet formation, as in poker, you have to play the hand you’re dealt. If an Earthlike planet is the
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot may be less than 200 years old
Jupiter’s signature feature — its Great Red Spot — might not be the same dark spot seen on the giant
Sulfur was key to the first water on Earth
A chemical element that’s not even in H2O — sulfur — is the reason Earth first got its water, a