Strong gravitational lenses captured by Euclid. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by M. Walmsley, M. Huertas-Company, J.-C. Cuillandre On 19 March 2025, the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission releases its…
Category: Planetary Science
Chang’e-6 samples suggest 4.25-billion-year-old impact formed moon’s South Pole–Aitken basin
Schematic illustrating that Chang’e-6 norites document the 4.25 Ga lunar South Pole-Aitken impact event. Credit: Su Bin Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon’s South Pole–Aitken…
A Dyson swarm made of solar panels would make Earth uninhabitable, suggests study
Artist’s illustration of a Dyson Swarm. Credit: Archibald Tuttle As civilizations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase. It’s likely that an advanced civilization might need so…
Venus passes between the Earth and sun this weekend—but don’t try to look for it
This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows Venus taken from NASA’s Mariner 10 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what’s called…
Can any nearby supernova cause a mass extinction?
The Veil Nebula Supernova Remnant. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team The most dangerous parts of a supernova explosion are the outputs like X-rays and gamma rays. Even though they only share…
Wolf-Rayet 104 ‘pinwheel’ star reveals a surprise (and some relief)
An artist’s concept of the famous Wolf-Rayet 104 “pinwheel star,” previously nicknamed the “Death Star.” New research conducted from Maunakea, Hawaiʻi using three Keck Observatory instruments reveals the orbit of…
NASA’s stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station
This image made from video by NASA shows astronauts Don Pettit, bottom center, hugging Kirill Peskov as astronauts greet each other after a SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space…
Crew launch to ISS paves way for ‘stranded’ astronauts’ return
This screengrab image from NASA’s live broadcast shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida bound for the…
Musk says Starship to depart for Mars at end of 2026
Starship (pictured during a test flight) — the world’s largest and most powerful rocket — is key to Elon Musk’s long-term vision of colonizing Mars. SpaceX founder Elon Musk said…
