Artist’s conception of Sedna, the TNO that orbits in the outer edges of the solar system. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Kuiper Belt, the vast region at the edge of our solar…
Category: Planetary Science
‘Ring of fire’ eclipse moves across the Americas, bringing with it cheers and shouts of joy
The moon passes between earth and the sun during a rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Credit: AP…
A comprehensive blueprint for the settlement of Mars
Artist’s rendition of future astronauts and human settlements on Mars. Credit: NASA Throughout the 20th century, multiple proposals have been made for the crewed exploration of Mars. These include the…
Five things to know about NASA’s mission to a metal world
Psyche’s solar arrays convert light into electricity, providing the power for its four solar electric or “Hall-effect” thrusters. For the first time ever, a NASA probe is set to journey…
‘A new lens’ into the universe’s most energetic particles
An example of a cosmic-ray extensive air shower recorded by the Subaru Telescope. The highlighted tracks, which are mostly aligned in similar directions, show the shower particles induced from a…
Quenched galaxies in the early universe
Color composite JWST NIRCam image of distant galaxy JADES-GS-z13-0 Recently, much attention has been given to massive, active galaxies discovered by the JWST in the early universe. But in contrast…
5 things to know about NASA’s deep space optical communications
NASA’s DSOC is composed of a flight laser transceiver attached to Psyche and a ground system that will send and receive laser signals. Clockwise from top left: the Psyche spacecraft…
A ‘ring of fire’ eclipse is coming. Here’s how to watch
Students gather to watch a solar eclipse from the CU Boulder campus in 2017. Credit: Glenn Asakawa/CU Boulder At about 10:30 a.m. Mountain Time on Saturday, Oct. 14, the moon…
Inside the long battle to maintain the spot where we found our place in the universe
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Los Angeles was once the best place in the world to see the universe. The most important things we know about the cosmos were discovered in…
