by quasarn01 | Apr 24, 2026 | Astronomy
It was 1972 and Apollo astronauts Harrison “Jack” Schmitt and Eugene Cernan had just stepped onto the moon’s surface to begin collecting rock and soil samples. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Apr 23, 2026 | Astronomy
Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies—tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way—have long been seen as cosmic fossils. Now, a new study published today in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society uses an unprecedented set of simulations to show just how powerfully...
by quasarn01 | Apr 23, 2026 | Astronomy
As space agencies and private companies look toward a sustained human presence on the moon, a fundamental challenge centers on how to build strong, durable infrastructure without hauling every material from Earth. New research from Rice University points to an...
by quasarn01 | Apr 23, 2026 | Astronomy
New observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS include the first measurement of the abundance of deuterated water relative to ordinary water in an interstellar object. Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) discovered that the...
by quasarn01 | Apr 23, 2026 | Astronomy
NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in Nature Communications. Go to Source
