Category: 7. Science

Alpha Centaurid meteor shower peaks—February 8

Meteor shower activity is relatively quiet early in the…

Scientists have uncovered three nitriles in lab-made interstellar ice that could serve as new targets for astronomers searching for prebiotic chemistry in the depths of space.

Astrochemists have been interested in nitrile compounds for many years…

NASA‘s next trip around the moon will push four astronauts into the most demanding flight of their lives, a mission defined by enormous speeds, vast distances, and little margin for…

Cosmic radio pulses repeating every few minutes or hours, known as long-period transients, have puzzled astronomers since their discovery in 2022. Our new study, published in Nature Astronomy today, might finally add some clarity.

Radio…

As has almost become the norm, SpaceX launched two more batches of Starlink satellites over the course of two days from dual coasts.

First up on Thursday (Jan. 29), a Falcon 9 rocket lifted from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space…

A University of Waterloo scientist and a team of international collaborators found that airborne mineral dust and other aerosols are directly connected to how much algae grows on the ice. The algae interfere with albedo, or the reflection…