Early initial design of SPHEREx. NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory- California Institute of Technology The Big Bang theory is a cosmological model that describes how our current observable universe arose. But there is still a lot to learn about the…
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So far, we have discovered hundreds of stars with multiple orbiting planets spread across the entire galaxy. Each one is unique, but the system orbiting the star HD 158259, 88 light-years away, is truly special. The star itself is roughly…
Geyser hides underneath Yellowstone National Park He woke up recently. But don't worry: this doesn't mean that the massive volcano below the park will soon erupt, according to a new study. In March 2018, after a nap of 3.5 years,…
The Orion spacecraft will fly on NASA's unmanned Artemis I mission, possibly as late as 2021. NASA / Marvin Smith The past year has been a big hit for space missions. Now that we're official in 2021, NASA is looking…
The smallest known main serial star in the Milky Way is a true messenger of something.It's called EBLM J0555-57Ab, and it's a red dwarf 600 light-years away. With an average radius of about 59,000 km, it's just a simbridge Greater…
An extensive network of dozens of Roman army camps was discovered in a mountainous region of northern Spain. The camps show the size of the Roman army about 2,000 years ago during the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. "It reveals…
Photo: Robin Beck / Agence France-Presse (Getty Images)On January 3, 2004, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Soul He started making history. It landed on the Red Planet for the first time, launching one of NASA's longest and most successful missions -…
Teleportation is science fiction material, but scientists are working on teleportation in the real world. They do not transport people or products. Instead, they are working on quantum teleportation that could create a very secure and extremely fast quantum internet.…
A Harvard professor named Avi Loeb, head of the astronomy department at Harvard University, believes that the first hint we will get about an alien intelligence will not be a spacecraft. Rather, he thinks that the first sign we'll get…
Japanese officials say they are pleased with the quality asteroid Material collected by a spacecraft and returned to Earth. Last week, officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, described samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu in July 2019. Ryugu…