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Archive for March 7th, 2023

Melting ice cores on frozen worlds could speed up the search for alien life

March 7th, 2023 by

The Melter-Sublimator for Ice Science (MSIS) instrument offers a unique opportunity to help scientists process ice deposits on other worlds in a much more efficient way.

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NASA’s IBEX spacecraft bounces back from glitch to study edge of solar system

March 7th, 2023 by

NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is back to normal operations after controllers successfully reset its computer March 2, NASA said.

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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ will come to a close with Season 5 in 2024

March 7th, 2023 by

Come on, be honest: It’s not like this was a really big surprise or anything.

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X-rays reveal how 450-year-old Tycho supernova became a giant cosmic particle accelerator

March 7th, 2023 by

In new research, astronomers have mapped the magnetic field in the historic Tycho supernova remnant that accelerates charged particles close to the speed of light.

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Asteroids may have picked up building blocks of life from interstellar clouds

March 7th, 2023 by

Scientists have taken a big step towards figuring out where building blocks of life such as amino acids and amines form in space.

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Bright new comet discovered zooming toward the sun could outshine the stars next year

March 7th, 2023 by

The newly discovered comet C/2023 A3 is making a close approach around the sun for the first time in 80,000 years, and might be as bright as a star in fall 2024.

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