The Potential for Lunar Soil to Generate Oxygen and Fuel is Intriguing Scientists from China claim in the journal Joule on May 5 that soil on the moon contains active molecules that can transform carbon dioxide into…
KELT-2Ab – an Extrasolar Planet KELT-2Ab is an extrasolar planet that orbits the star KELT-2A in the constellation Auriga around 440 light-years distant. It is an exoplanet in the form…
As the New Horizons Spacecraft Approaches Ultima Thule, it Emits a Perplexing Light Ultima Thule, the faraway object that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will fly by in just 10 days, is behaving strangely. The 23-mile-wide (37-kilometer) Ultima isn’t…
Fresh Off Dramatic Majority Shareholder Exit, Firefly Could Be Headed For A SPAC According to a new filing with the FCC, Firefly Aerospace’s roller-coaster journey might soon bring the rocket startup public via a merger with a special…
Forge’s Public Debut Today Will Pose Fresh Test To SPAC-Led Exits After completing its merger with Motive Capital Corp as part of a SPAC combination, Forge Global will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange…
KELT-4Ab – an Extrasolar Planet KELT-4Ab is a gas giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of an F-type star. It’s an extrasolar planet that orbits the star KELT-4A in the…
New Type of Wave Discovered In the Sun and It’s Faster Than Expected The discovery of a new form of wave in the Sun has been revealed by astronomers. Because they move in the opposite direction of the…
Worst Space Collision in History Proved What Happens When a Spacecraft Gets a Serious Leak “The story usually opens with ‘tsssss…’, which is the sound of air rushing out of the capsule into the vacuum of space as astronauts feel…
Gliese 667 Cb – an Exoplanet Gliese 667 Cb is an exoplanet that orbits the star Gliese 667 C, one of the three stars in the Gliese 667 triple-star system. It…
Gliese 667 AB – a K-type main-sequence star Gliese 667 A (GJ 667 A), the system’s biggest star, is a K-type main-sequence star with the stellar classification K3V. It possesses roughly 73 percent…
Mercury has been Bombarded with a Plasma Wave from the Sun The sun is a common star, one of approximately 100 billion in our galaxy, the Milky Way. The sun has a huge impact on our…
What is the Solar System’s Coldest Location? Space is quite cold. Outer space has a baseline temperature of 2.7 kelvins — minus 454.81 degrees Fahrenheit or minus 270.45 degrees Celsius — which…