Under Wandering Light
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Why the “habitable zone” doesn’t always mean habitable
Updated: 2024-08-30 15:03:00The habitable zone is a useful concept in astrobiology, but it can sometimes paint an over-simplified picture of planetary habitability.Super-size it
Updated: 2024-08-30 14:30:00Europa Clipper is a big spacecraft with big solar panels, all so it can perform a big mission. The galaxy is big too, and a Planetary Society member painted it that way.Wow! Boom! Ultra cool!
Updated: 2024-08-23 14:30:00The “Wow!" signal has a new explanation, and an ultra-cool experiment advances quantum sensing in space. Plus, making an asteroid go “boom!” might work, depending on the circumstances.Ramses: A new mission racing to land on asteroid Apophis
Updated: 2024-08-22 14:00:00When a skyscraper-sized asteroid narrowly misses Earth in 2029, three spacecraft may be along for the ride.What would happen if we nuked an asteroid?
Updated: 2024-08-20 14:00:00Detonating a nuclear weapon on or near an asteroid is one of several options for defending the Earth from an impact. Here's what nuking an asteroid might actually do, and why it isn't always the best option.Life in other worlds
Updated: 2024-08-16 14:30:00New research suggests liquid water might be hiding under the surface of Mars. Could life be there too?Why NASA does space science and not the private sector
Updated: 2024-08-13 15:00:00With all the advances in private space exploration, why do taxpayers still pay for space science missions?Mars may host oceans’ worth of water deep underground
Updated: 2024-08-12 07:00:00The tentative discovery hints at an habitat where life could potentially thrive.Seeing the unseeable
Updated: 2024-08-09 14:30:00From X-ray imaging to slithering beneath Enceladus’ crust, space technology is always expanding what we can see for ourselves.Eureka? Scientists’ first hints of life on other planets may not be so obvious
Updated: 2024-08-06 14:00:00Knowing that you've found signs of life beyond Earth may not be as clear-cut and simple as one might think.