Many space missions are searching for life beyond Earth, but are we prepared for the fallout if they succeed?

by quasarn01 | Sep 1, 2026 | Astronomy

Microbes from space have fueled the plots of science fiction mainstays like “Project Hail Mary” and “The Andromeda Strain.” But with more space missions launching each year, finding extraterrestrial life in a microbial form is becoming more...

Giant impact could have formed an intact moon within five hours, simulations suggest

by quasarn01 | Sep 1, 2026 | Astronomy

New Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) modeling, conducted in collaboration with scientists at the University of Arizona, shows fundamental differences in how the moon may have formed from the giant impact that created the Earth–moon system. The new results used...

Pa. officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in fatal OIS

by quasarn01 | Sep 1, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

The Upper Pottsgrove Police corporal was responding to the scene after college student Glenwood Earl Pysher IV approached the wrong house and startled residents Go to Source

Saturn encounter may have set distant centaur on path to becoming a comet

by quasarn01 | Sep 1, 2026 | Astronomy

More than 3 billion miles (4.8 billion kilometers) from Earth, an ancient icy object is slowly awakening. As it drifts inward through the solar system, the frozen body known as Centaur 450P/LONEOS has begun releasing gas and dust—behavior more commonly associated with...

Precision optics to make plant health visible from space

by quasarn01 | Sep 1, 2026 | Astronomy

When the ESA Earth observation mission FLEX launches into space on September 15, 2026, as scheduled, it will carry high-precision optical components from Jena, Germany. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF have...