An Astrobiologist’s Search for Life in Space—and…
I discovered over the past several years that I’m not as rare as I once thought I was. There are many people out…
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The ‘Bad Astronomer’ Takes You on a Tour of the…
In the early 2000s, Phil Plait wrote his first book, Bad Astronomy, which debunked conspiracy theories and…
It’s Time to Finally Get Our Ass to Uranus
Uranus as seen by Voyager 2 in 1986.Image: NASA/JPL-CaltechWith its strange rings and tilt, surprising seasonal…
‘Impossible’ New Ring System…
Astronomers have discovered an entirely new ring system within the solar system, and it's located at such a great…
Watch Four Planets Spin Around a Star 130…
Four exoplanets, each larger than Jupiter, orbit HR8799, represented by the yellow star shape at the center.Image: …
NASA’s DART Spacecraft Smashes Into an…
“This is the first time we’ve actually attempted to move something in our solar system with the intent of…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Digs Up Organic…
After trundling around the Jezero crater for 550 Martian days, NASA’s Perseverance rover has amassed nearly half…
The Webb Space Telescope Snaps Its First Photo…
The JWST’s size and sensitivity enabled it to collect more light from this planet than any previous observatory has…
NASA is Crowdsourcing Cloud Research—on Mars
At the end of 2020, planetary scientist Marek Slipski found himself glued to his computer, spending countless…
Life Helps Make Almost Half of All Minerals on…
“Each one of those kinds of pyrite is telling us something different about our planet, its origin, about life, and…