NASA satellite imagery has revealed a new island off Alaska’s coast that emerged after long-standing glacial ice melted, isolating a small mountain that was once part of the mainland. The…
Category: Space
Scientists track down fresh boulder falls on the moon
This article is republished from Eos. Read the original article. As a boulder rolls down a cliff slope on the moon, it kicks up lunar dust, leaving behind a telltale…
Planets without plate tectonics and too little carbon dioxide could mean that technological alien life is rare
An artist’s impression of the rocky, habitable-zone exoplanet Kepler-168b. Credit: NASA Ames/NASA/JPL–Caltech/Tim Pyle (Caltech). The closest technological species to us in the Milky Way galaxy could be 33,000 light years…
Star Trek: Bridge Crew was the ultimate ‘Trek’ game, and it needs a sequel. Make it so!
Captain’s log, stardate -302123.44142127107… or November 16, 2020, 7:41 pm for those not in Starfleet just yet. Much of the world was in lockdown, shielding away from the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Where did the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS come from?
The Gemini South Observatory captured this image of the interstellar comet 3L/ATLAS on August 27th. It shows the object’s fuzzy coma and tail, made of volatiles released by the sun’s…
Models explain mysterious feature controlling magnetic properties of the sun
The sun taken from the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite, showing the quiet corona and magnetic structures like coronal loops, which trace the intricate patterns of magnetic field lines that emerge…
Volcanic emissions of reactive sulfur gases may have shaped early climate of Mars, making it more hospitable to life
Sulfur crystals found inside a rock after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive over it and crush it on May 30, 2024. This discovery supports new research led by…
James Webb Space Telescope images enormous star shooting out twin jets 8 light-years long
A massive star on the distant outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy is seen blowing a powerful cosmic blowtorch in a new image courtesy of James Webb Webb Space Telescope’s…
‘Potential biosignatures’ found in ancient Mars lake
Jezero Crater on Mars where tantalising ‘biosignatures’ have been found. Credit: Imperial College London A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes on Mars. Led…
Did NASA’s Perseverance rover find evidence of ancient life on Mars? The plot thickens
Since February 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring a region on Mars known as Jezero Crater, a huge cavity believed to have once hosted a lake. It’s considered one…
