Are we ready to send humans to Mars?
The physiological challenges of a mission to the red planet
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75,000-Year-Old Treasure Trove of Ice Age Animal Remains Provides Snapshot of a Lost World
Climate change is actually nothing new to our old planet. It has long driven the evolution of Earth’s flora and fauna and good thing, too: Without those major shifts, we wouldn’t be here today. But as human-driven climate change accelerates, looking back at how ecosystems once responded to drastic climate swings could help prepare us…
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Blue Origin outlines new launch pad approach as it pushes to return New Glenn to flight
WASHINGTON — A month after a devastating pad explosion, Blue Origin reiterated its plans to return its New Glenn vehicle to flight from a rebuilt launch pad by the end of the year. In a June 30 update, the company outlined the alternative approach, called a concept of operations, or CONOPS, it intends to use…
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Canadarm2 repairs planned as CRS-34 departs ISS
Canadarm2 repairs planned as CRS-34 departs ISS – NASASpaceFlight.com We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our…
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Astronomers Captured a Cosmic Explosion Faster Than Ever Before
A revolutionary rapid-response system has allowed astronomers to observe a gamma-ray burst at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths within minutes of its discovery, marking the earliest observations ever achieved at these frequencies. The milestone, reported in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, demonstrates how a newly automated observing system at the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Maunakea can transform…
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Vintage ‘READ’ Posters Adorning Libraries and Classrooms for Decades go on Auction as the American Library Association Turns 150
Taylor Swift, Serena Williams and famous fictional characters lent their iconic faces to encourage people to pick up a book Christian Thorsberg | Daily Correspondent July 1, 2026 3:30 p.m. Actor Paul Newman lounges on a pool table reading Star Warriors in this ALA READ campaign poster. Heritage Auctions For the next several days, posters…
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Future astronauts could walk across rocks from deep inside the Moon
Scientists have gained new insight into the dramatic event that created the Moon’s largest and oldest known impact crater, a discovery that could help future Artemis astronauts investigate some of the Moon’s deepest secrets. The findings come from two companion studies led in part by researchers from the Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution (CLOE),…
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Human DNA Detected on Cave Walls
MAÇÃO, PORTUGAL—Prehistoric human DNA has been detected on cave walls by an international team of scientists, according to a report in The Portugal News. Sara Garcês of the Institute of Earth and Memory and the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar said that more than 50 samples were taken from 24 rock art panels in 11 caves…
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The Milky Way’s weird gamma-ray glow may be dark matter after all
Researchers from the University of Vienna and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have turned to machine learning to take a fresh look at one of astrophysics’ most debated mysteries. Their focus was the Galactic Center Excess (GCE), a faint, roughly spherical glow of gamma rays surrounding the center of the Milky Way. For more than a…
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Habitable Worlds Targets in New Star Activity Catalog
Searching for habitable worlds beyond our solar system consists of more than just having it orbit within its star’s habitable zone, which is the region where temperatures could be just right for liquid water to exist on the surface. On Earth, where water comprises approximately 75 percent of the planet’s surface, life is absurdly abundant….
