Cosmos
Moon’s mysterious effects on Earth and their scientific explanations
Moon’s magical effects: Fiction, fantasy, and supernatural and their scientific explanations.
Moon landing conspiracy theories: Arguments and answers
Even though the Moon landing remains one of the most impressive feats in the history of human spaceflight, Moon landing…
Apollo 8: The first flight to the Moon
The historical context of a groundbreaking space mission that made the Moon landing possible: Apollo 8.
Colonization of the Moon: How are we going achieve it?
The long-fictionalized “Moon Base Alpha” is taking on more concrete shape, and may become a reality within the next 20…
Europa: Jupiter’s icy moon with underwater ocean
Water vapor escaping near Europa’s south pole reinforces its status as a top contender for life in the Solar System.
Ancient quasar points to the first stars in the universe
The oldest quasar may have the remains of a supernova from the first stars in the Universe.
DART successfully crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos
NASA’s spacecraft DART successfully hit the asteroid Dimorphos in the first-ever test of asteroid deflection for planet defense.
Jupiter is closer and brighter since 1963
This opposition, which is a “once in a lifetime moment,” brings Jupiter closer to Earth than it has been in…
DART: crashing a satellite into an asteroid for planet defense
For the first time, humankind is seeking to alter an asteroid’s course by use of a ram probe called the…
An explanation for Saturn’s rings: a lost moon, Chrysalis
The age of Saturn’s rings is estimated to be about 100 million years. Then, what was the origin of these…
BlueWalker 3: Huge satellite to be the second brightest object in the sky
The reflected illumination from the satellite has the potential to completely obscure the night sky.
What is time? And how can it be best defined?
Some argue that time does not exist at all. Because the past is now gone, the future has yet to…