If life exists on Jupiter’s moon Europa, scientists might soon be able to detect it
Apr 08, 2024 06:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Europa is one of the largest of more than 90 moons in orbit around the planet Jupiter. It is also one of the best places to look for alien life. Often termed an ocean world by scientists, observations to date strongly...
Apr 01, 2024 11:05 am UTC| Science
Stars like the Sun are remarkably constant. They vary in brightness by only 0.1% over years and decades, thanks to the fusion of hydrogen into helium that powers them. This process will keep the Sun shining steadily for...
Our survey of the sky is uncovering the secrets of how planets are born
Mar 13, 2024 10:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
When we look out to the stars, it is typically not a yearning for the distant depths of outer space that drives us. When we are looking out there, we are truly looking back at ourselves. We try to understand our place in...
Mar 12, 2024 06:49 am UTC| Science
Total solar eclipses have fascinated and terrified people for centuries. Today, we know that total solar eclipses like the upcoming eclipse on April 8 are caused by a cosmic coincidence when the moon comes between the...
Spacesuits need a major upgrade for the next phase of exploration
Mar 07, 2024 07:39 am UTC| Science
Humans have long dreamed of setting foot on the Moon and other planetary bodies such as Mars. Since the 1960s, space travellers have donned suits designed to protect them from the vacuum of space and stepped out into the...
The brightest object in the universe is a black hole that eats a star a day
Feb 20, 2024 11:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Scientists have no reported evidence of the true conditions in Hell, perhaps because no one has ever returned to tell the tale. Hell has been imagined as a supremely uncomfortable place, hot and hostile to bodily forms of...
Why now is the time to address humanity’s impact on the moon
Feb 05, 2024 05:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Humans have always looked at the sky, using the stars as navigation guides or for spiritual storytelling. Every human civilization has looked to the stars and used celestial movements to measure time and find...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects