A global team of astronomers examined archival Hubble Space Telescope observations of 25 hot Jupiters, allowing them to answer five unanswered issues about exoplanet atmospheres. Among other things, … [+5091 chars]
Maintaining American leadership in the increasingly disputed space realm necessitates bipartisan support, a durable lunar exploration architecture, and incentives for private sector investment and co… [+4804 chars]
99942 Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid and potentially hazardous asteroid with almost 1210 feet in diameter. Discovered in 2004, the asteroid was thought to hit Earth. It had a 2.7% chance of hitting… [+2906 chars]
Over the years, scientists have come up with various ways to combat an asteroid strike situation. From NASA working on shooting nuclear weapons to destroy asteroids to Chinas plans of redirecting an … [+2267 chars]
Sometimes there are pretty valid reasons for leaving right after sex. A team of Chinese scientists has discovered that male orb-weaving spiders fling themselves away from their partnerspulling 20 Gs… [+3553 chars]
This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every Thursday morning by subscribing here. T… [+3772 chars]
Before we begin, let's start with a little riddle, shall we? "Everyone is attracted to me, and everybody falls for me. What am I?" Since you've clicked on the heading of this article, you'll probab… [+23130 chars]
Retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke says hes ready for the United States to return to lunar exploration 50 years after his Apollo 16 trip to the moon. Duke said Friday that the Artemis program, whic… [+3305 chars]
