December 2024

Even if you knew nothing about astronomy, you’d understand that exploding stars are forceful and consequential events. How could they not be? …

It seems that we are completely alone in the universe. But simple reasoning suggests that there should be an abundance of alien …

When it comes to our modern society and the many crises we face, there is little doubt that fusion power is the …

Astronomers have spent decades trying to understand how galaxies grow so large. One piece of the puzzle is spheroids, also known as …

Imagine you’ve just gotten to Mars as part of the first contingent of settlers. Your first challenge: build a long-term habitat using …

This past year saw some significant solar activity. This was especially true during the month of May, which saw more than 350 …

In 2018, NASA mission planners selected the Jezero Crater as the future landing site of the Perseverance rover. This crater was a …

Credit: Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste An international team of scientists led by Dr. Lukas Bruder, junior research group leader at the Institute of …

Getting places in space quickly has been the goal of propulsion research for a long time. Rockets, our most common means of …

Light curve of the gamma-ray flare (bottom) and collection of quasi-simulated images of the M87 jet (top) at various scales obtained in …