Researchers simulated Martian permafrost and ice cap conditions in a laboratory, exposing *Escherichia coli* samples in pure water ice and water-sediment mixtures to cosmic radiation equivalent to 50 ...

The emerging subdiscipline of "astroimmunology" has been formalized, focusing on understanding how spaceflight stressors significantly compromise the human immune system. A new guide, published in ...

Systematic observation logging, a historical cornerstone of astronomical discovery from figures like Galileo and Herschel, continues to be a relevant practice for contemporary observers. Maintaining ...

New research has identified 41 small-scale landslides on the lunar surface that formed since 2009, indicating the Moon is more geologically active than previously understood. Analysis of ...

On October 18, the predawn sky features a close celestial alignment of the Moon and Venus within the constellation Virgo. Venus appears as a magnitude -3.9 object, exhibiting a 94% illuminated gibbous ...

On October 17th, early morning observations of Jupiter will feature transits of Io's and Europa's shadows across its cloud tops, with specific timings varying by time zone. A telescopic view of ...

The SPAINSAT New Generation II satellite is scheduled for launch via a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral on October 22, representing the second component of the SpainSAT NG program. Operated by ...

On October 13, 2025, the Last Quarter Moon will be observed in conjunction with Jupiter starting around midnight, with Jupiter's Galilean moons visible through telescopic observation. Pluto reaches ...

Let’s peer into Cetus the Whale to spot 1 Ceres this evening, one day past opposition and glowing at magnitude 7.6, within the reach of binoculars or any small scope. You can use this same string of ...

The V-2, designated Vergeltungswaffe Zwei, achieved its first successful test launch on October 3, 1942, from Peenemunde, Germany, reaching an altitude of 97 kilometers and traveling 190 kilometers in ...

The Biosphere 2 facility, specifically its Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO), serves as a research platform to investigate how life transforms landscapes, ranging from local environments to ...