November 18, 2018November 18, 2018 by Cody

Insight Mission to Mars

What Life on Europa Needs June 4, 2025
As the years go by the chances of Europa hosting life seem to keep going down. But it's not out of contention yet.
Do the Clouds of Venus Really Host Life? June 3, 2025
On the surface (you're welcome for the joke), Venus is not even close to being hospitable to life. But that's not the end of the story.
Reusable Chinese Rocket Soft-Lands in the Ocean in a New Test June 3, 2025
Chinese rocket startup Space Epoch put on a show recently, with a demonstration test launch of their reusable Yanxinghe-1 rocket booster.
Did the Hubble Just Cancel the Milky Way-Andromeda Collision? June 2, 2025
The idea that the Milky Way (MW) and Andromeda (M31) will collide emerged after decades of observations by a host of astronomers. The Hubble played a decisive role in the determination during the early 2000s. It was a triumph of precision astronomy and space telescopes. Now, the Hubble has played an equally important role in […]
Future Telescopes Could Detect Life Managing their Planet Atmospheres June 2, 2025
The challenge in the search for habitable worlds is clear. We need to be able to identify habitable worlds and distinguish between biotic and abiotic processes. Ideally, scientists would do this on entire populations of exoplanets rather than on a case-by-case basis. Exoplanets' natural thermostats might provide a way of doing this.