Researchers simulated Martian permafrost and ice cap conditions in a laboratory, exposing *Escherichia coli* samples in pure water ice and water-sediment mixtures to cosmic radiation equivalent to 50 ...
The emerging subdiscipline of "astroimmunology" has been formalized, focusing on understanding how spaceflight stressors significantly compromise the human immune system. A new guide, published in ...
On October 22, the Moon will achieve two close conjunctions, passing 5° south of Mars and 2° south of Mercury, before reaching its orbital apogee at 406,445 km (252,553 miles) from Earth. Observers ...
Systematic observation logging, a historical cornerstone of astronomical discovery from figures like Galileo and Herschel, continues to be a relevant practice for contemporary observers. Maintaining ...
New research has identified 41 small-scale landslides on the lunar surface that formed since 2009, indicating the Moon is more geologically active than previously understood. Analysis of ...
On October 18, the predawn sky features a close celestial alignment of the Moon and Venus within the constellation Virgo. Venus appears as a magnitude -3.9 object, exhibiting a 94% illuminated gibbous ...
On October 17th, early morning observations of Jupiter will feature transits of Io's and Europa's shadows across its cloud tops, with specific timings varying by time zone. A telescopic view of ...
On May 12, 2022, astronomers on the Event Horizon Telescope team released an image of a black hole called Sagittarius A* that lies at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Chris Impey, an astronomer at ...
The source of previously mysterious, minute-long radio bursts, designated ILT J1101 + 5521, has been identified as a binary stellar system exhibiting a two-hour orbital period. The system comprises an ...
Dave Eicher, Editor Emeritus of *Astronomy* magazine, encourages early morning observation of meteors between midnight and 4 a.m. These meteors, identified as Orionids, visually originate from the ...
The SPAINSAT New Generation II satellite is scheduled for launch via a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral on October 22, representing the second component of the SpainSAT NG program. Operated by ...