by admin | Jun 24, 2025 | alien life, News, Planets, Science, space, Space News, space travel, The Conversation
The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance this search. However, the signs of life – called biosignatures – that scientists may find will... by admin | May 5, 2025 | astronomy, News, Planets, space, Space News, stars, The Conversation, turbulent plasma
With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an abundance of mysterious plasma structures in our cosmic neighbourhood. The plasma structures we see are variations in density or turbulence, akin to... by admin | Feb 14, 2025 | contamination, Cosmos, News, Planets, research, scientists, space, Space News, The Conversation
In his inauguration speech in January, United States President Donald Trump declared the US would “plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars”. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. In 2017, in Trump’s previous term of office, he promised to “establish a foundation... by admin | Aug 4, 2024 | Earth, News, Planets, space, Space News, The Conversation
In an exciting breakthrough for astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial life, a team of international scientists has announced the discovery of Gliese 12 b, a temperate, Earth-sized exoplanet just 40 light-years away — a relatively neighbourly 378 trillion... by admin | Jul 26, 2024 | astronauts, DNA, Mars, Nasa, News, Planets, space, Space News, The Conversation
When considering human settlements on the Moon, Mars and further afield, much attention is given to the travel times, food and radiation risk. We’ll undoubtedly face a harsh environment in deep space and some thinkers have been pointing to genome editing as a way to... by admin | Dec 28, 2023 | News, Planets, space, Space News, Star Wars, Tatahouine, The Conversation
Locals watched in awe as a fireball exploded and hundreds of meteorite fragments rained down on the city of Tatahouine, Tunisia, on June 27, 1931. Fittingly, the city later became a major filming location of the Star Wars movie series. The desert climate and...