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Mining the moon
How can the cost of space travel – to and from the moon and possibly to Mars - be reduced? One approach is to mine the moon for necessary resources.
March 18, 2019
Goldilocks stars: Just right for habitable planets
Which stars are the most likely to have habitable planets? A new study suggest that K stars - between the dimmest M-type red dwarfs and sunlike stars - might provide the sweet spot for life.
March 17, 2019
Jupiter or Earth?
Swirls in Jupiter’s atmosphere and in Earth’s Baltic Sea look a lot alike. That's because the motion of fluids on both planets are governed by same laws of physics.
March 17, 2019
These bacteria eat and breathe electricity
For the first time, scientists made a successful in situ collection of bacteria living in hot springs in Yellowstone National Park and using an unconventional source - electricity - for food and energy.
March 16, 2019
Venus, Saturn, Jupiter
These 3 planets - 2 very bright ones and a fainter one - are lined up in the early morning sky now, nearly equidistant from each other.
March 16, 2019
Hyper-runaway star fled Milky Way disk
University of Michigan astronomers say a hyper-runaway star didn't originate from the galaxy's center, as previously believed. Instead, they say, a cluster of young stars booted it from the galaxy's disk.
March 15, 2019
See the Opportunity rover’s last image
Opportunity - nicknamed "Oppy" - was active on Mars from 2004 until June, 2018, when a planet-wide dust storm covered it. Its final image is a panorama, acquired from Opportunity's final resting place in Mars' Perseverance Valley.
March 15, 2019
A new species of killer whale?
In January, scientists captured footage of what might be a new species of killer whale near Antarctica.
March 15, 2019
Frozen waves on Lake Michigan
Frozen waves on Lake Michigan, in a photo by Glenn Hughson.
March 15, 2019
Galaxy with a tail
This striking image shows just a part of the spectacular tail emerging from a spiral galaxy nicknamed D100.
March 14, 2019
