Scientists use moon as a mirror to study Earth during lunar eclipse
Astronomers used the moon as a mirror to study Earth during a lunar eclipse, simulating how scientists might search for signs of extraterrestrial life.
Category: Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched dozens of Starlink internet satellites and two small Earth-imaging satellites into orbit Friday (Aug. 7) in the second of what’s expected to be a… Read More
Space launch services provider Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) are currently working together to bring the former’s Dragon 2… Read More
Sixteen years ago, Caleb Fassett, then a graduate student at Brown University, spotted an intriguing hole in the ground on Mars. Read More
For the first time ever, astronomers have directly imaged multiple planets orbiting a sunlike star. Read More
Researchers find younger age for Earth’s moon
The moon formed a little later than previously assumed. When a Mars-sized protoplanet was destroyed in a collision with the young Earth, a new body was created…
The roads of human spaceflight all seem to lead to Mars. For decades now, it’s been the logical next step after the moon. Read More
As we probe deeper into the innermost workings of the universe, our particle physics experiments have become ever more complex. Read More
If we all got together and started Earth over, winding time back to the moment right after the land cooled from hot magma and giant meteor showers stopped devastating… Read More
When Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ‘Oumuamua passing through our Solar System with the Pan-STARRS telescope, in October 2017, it caused quite a stir. It was the first interstellar object… Read More