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By Charlie Wood Jun 11, 2021

Space

NASA is finally going back to Venus. Here’s what its twin missions hope to uncover.

VERITAS and DAVINCI+ will arrive at the long-overlooked planet toward the end of the decade.

By Charlie Wood Jun 8, 2021

Space

Is something burping methane on Saturn’s ocean moon?

With water, hot vents, and tasty hydrogen, Enceladus has everything methanogen microbes could ever want. But is anybody home?

By Charlie Wood Jun 2, 2021

Space

The ‘double-disk’ shape of the Milky Way could be common across galaxies

That’s great news for astronomers.

By Charlie Wood May 7, 2021

Space

Tiny galaxies may have brought the cosmos out of the dark ages

With strength in numbers, the smallest galaxies may have completely transformed the early cosmos.

By Charlie Wood May 3, 2021

Space

This new space probe will go farther and faster than any before, gathering data for generations

Voyager gave scientists a taste of the space between the stars. Now they’re hungry for more.

By Charlie Wood Apr 21, 2021

Space

Ingenuity flew on Mars. Now NASA will push it to the brink of destruction.

Where NASA is going, they don’t need roads. Or even flat surfaces.

By Charlie Wood Apr 19, 2021

Space

Astronomers cooked up alien atmospheres in an oven

The secret ingredient is meteorite powder.

By Charlie Wood Apr 12, 2021

Environment

Is blocking out the sun a good solution to the climate crisis?

We should work out the consequences of filling the sky with sulfur before doing so, researchers urge.

By Charlie Wood Apr 5, 2021

Space

Astronomers may have found the surprisingly elusive medium-sized black hole

The discovery hints that “intermediate mass” black holes may be peppered throughout the universe.

By Charlie Wood Mar 26, 2021

Space

Astronomers used telescopic ‘sunglasses’ to photograph a black hole’s magnetic field

The only thing harder to see than a black hole itself is a black hole’s magnetic field.

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NASA is finally going back to Venus. Here’s what its twin missions hope to uncover.

Is something burping methane on Saturn’s ocean moon?

The ‘double-disk’ shape of the Milky Way could be common across galaxies

Tiny galaxies may have brought the cosmos out of the dark ages

This new space probe will go farther and faster than any before, gathering data for generations

Ingenuity flew on Mars. Now NASA will push it to the brink of destruction.

Astronomers cooked up alien atmospheres in an oven

Is blocking out the sun a good solution to the climate crisis?

Astronomers may have found the surprisingly elusive medium-sized black hole

Astronomers used telescopic ‘sunglasses’ to photograph a black hole’s magnetic field