How to Imagine an Expanding Universe
I honestly don’t have a decent analogy for you to explain how the universe is expanding without a center and without an edge. It just does, whether we...
Space Science Articles
Explore the cosmos through in-depth articles about astronomy, astrophysics, and space exploration
The Box vs The Bulldozer: The Story of Two Space Gas Stations
Using in-situ propellant has been a central pillar of the plan to explore much of the solar system. The logic is simple - the less mass (especially in...
Modeling the Fight Between Charged Lunar Dust and Spacecraft Coatings
Understanding how exactly lunar dust sticks to surfaces is going to be important once we start having a long-term sustainable presence on the Moon. Du...
Tracking Over 40,000 Space Rocks Threatening Earth's Orbit
Scientists have catalogued more than 40,000 celestial objects in Earth's vicinity - ancient debris from our Solar System's tumultuous formation that p...
Two Years of Tracking Violent Collisions Throughout the Universe
Ripples in the fabric of space created by colliding dead stars crossing vast cosmic distances mark some of the most extraordinary findings in modern a...
Ancient Plant Endures Nearly a Year Beyond Earth's Atmosphere
Long before humanity emerged, mosses thrived in extreme terrestrial conditions—from towering mountain summits to frozen polar expanses and newly forme...
Yes, the Universe Can Expand Faster Than Light
An expanding universe complicates this picture just a little bit, because the universe absolutely refuses to be straightforward. Objects are still emi...
Blue Origin to Build a "Super Heavy" Rocket to Compete with Starship
Blue Origin just achieved another impressive milestone with its new heavy-launch vehicle, the partially reusable New Glenn rocket. On Thursday, Nov. 1...
NASA Finally Releases Images of 3I/ATLAS Taken by Its Missions at Mars
In early October, the third interstellar object (ISO) to visit our Solar System (3I/ATLAS) made its closest flyby to Mars, coming within 30 million km...
Ancient Underground Water Suggests Mars May Have Been Habitable Longer than Previously Thought
It is a scientific consensus that water once flowed on Mars, that it had a denser atmosphere, meaning that it was once habitable. Unfortunately, rough...
AI Cracks Galaxy Simulation
The Milky Way contains more than 100 billion stars, each following its own evolutionary path through birth, life, and sometimes violent death. For dec...
How a Detergent Ingredient Unlocked the Potential of Nanotubes
Material science plays a critical role in space exploration. So many of the challenges facing both crewed and non-crewed missions come down to factors...