It’s not easy to collect rocks on a budget when the rocks are 140 million miles away.
Saturn’s moon Enceladus has geysers shooting tiny grains of ice into space. These grains could hold traces of life − but researchers need the right tools to tell.
Where specialized algorithms fail to classify star-borne pulses, human volunteers with just a little training can step in.
Now out in space for more than two years, the James Webb Space Telescope is a stunningly sophisticated instrument.
A type of eclipse is crucial for measuring what’s in the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars.
Since an eclipse only lasts a few minutes, you need more than just a handful of scientists running around collecting data on bird activity. That’s where a new app comes in.
Some ancient texts record what were likely dying stars, faintly visible from Earth. If close enough, these events can disturb telescopes and even damage the ozone layer.
Europa Clipper will contain a plaque that celebrates humanity’s relationship with water and a decades-old tradition of searching for life outside Earth.
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