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Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus is able to support life − my research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there
As a planetary scientist and astrobiologist who studies ice grains from Enceladus, I'm interested in whether there is life on this or other icy moons. I also want to understand how scientists like me could detect it.
My dogs and I watched the 2017 total solar eclipse, but we won't travel for this one
An account of the 2017 "Great American Eclipse" as viewed from Oregon — with my dogs.
Why NASA jets will chase the April 8 total solar eclipse (video)
NASA scientists will study the April 8 total solar eclipse using special jet airplanes.
Get a sneak peak at Universal Epic Universe's Celestial Park, coming in 2025 (images)
See newly released concept art for Celestial Park, one of the five "worlds" of the Universal Epic Universe theme park, coming in 2025.
The Chandra X-ray spacecraft may soon go dark, threatening a great deal of astronomy
NASA's recent budget request doesn't offer hope for a leading X-ray astronomy spacecraft. Scientists are pretty worried.
'3 Body Problem:' How Netflix's sci-fi saga employs the famous Wow! SETI signal
An explanation of the Wow! signal as used in the new Netflix sci-fi series, "3 Body Problem."
Rare 11th-century star chart reveals complex history of Islamic, Jewish and Christian astronomy
The astrolabe dates from 11th-century Spain and has origins that are Islamic, Jewish and Christian.
Amateur astronomers can make breathtaking discoveries. This new photobook on Kickstarter shows how
The upcoming photobook 'Route de la Belle Etoile' documents the efforts and enthusiasm of amateur astronomers worldwide.
Orbital resonance — the striking gravitational dance done by planets with aligning orbits
I’m an astronomer who studies and writes about cosmology. Researchers have discovered over 5,600 exoplanets in the past 30 years, and their extraordinary diversity continues to surprise astronomers.
Geminid meteors may be 10 times older than thought, simulations of oddball asteroid Phaethon suggest
The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments toward Earth while rapidly spinning around the sun 18,000 years ago, new research suggests ― and it may fling some more soon.
