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Lead scientist Rifath Shaarook with KalamSat which flew aboard a NASA Terrier Orion sounding rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on June 22, 2017.

Space Kidz India students are building satellites, turning space education into real missions

From KalamSat to ShakthiSAT, Space Kidz India is putting real satellite work in students’ hands.

Joseph ShavitupdaPublished Apr 29, 2026 4:51 AM PDT

Astronomers now know of more than 350 molecules in the spaces between and around stars.

Space Promising biosignatures on alien worlds could take years to confirm Joshua Shavit

Greek physicists propose that microscopic wormholes could generate an effective dark energy term through topology changes.

Space Microscopic wormholes may be warping reality all around us Joseph Shavit

Mars has almost no breathable oxygen. Here’s why that matters, and how NASA’s MOXIE could help future astronauts survive.

Space Mars has air, but almost none of it can keep you alive Joseph Shavit

Distance, light speed, biology, and time may explain why alien civilizations never meet.

Space Alien civilizations have not visited Earth and never will, physicist claims Joshua Shavit

In 2019, LIGO and Virgo detected GW190521—a mysterious gravitational wave that could mark either the colossal merger of two black holes or the tantalizing possibility of a wormhole echo from another universe.

Space Black hole GW190521 may be a wormhole from another universe Joseph Shavit

The picture shows the dynamic environment around the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center, featuring the newly discovered gas cloud G2t alongside previously known clouds G1 and G2, whose similar orbits suggest a common origin from the star system IRS16SW.

Space Massive binary star system may be feeding the Milky Way’s central black hole Joseph Shavit

Space NASA cleanroom fungus could survive a trip to Mars, raising contamination concerns Joshua Shavit

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries deuterium-rich water, pointing to a far colder birthplace than our solar system.

Space Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS points to a far colder planetary birthplace Joshua Shavit

Texas A&M engineers used lasers to lift and steer tiny metajets, pointing to a new path for fuel-free propulsion.

Space Laser-powered, ‘metajets’ could be the future of interstellar flight Shy Cohen

Artist's impression of the planet Epsilon Indi Ab, with water clouds atop its ammonia-dominated atmosphere.

Space Astronomers find thick water-ice clouds on Jupiter-like exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab Joseph Shavit

On Oct. 25, 2020, NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped a selfie after drilling into a rock called “Mary Anning.” Years later, that sample has delivered the richest mix of organic molecules ever detected on Mars.

Space NASA’s Curiosity rover detects never-before-seen organic compounds on Mars Joshua Shavit

The Milky Way is a massive, spiral-shaped collection of stars, gas, and dust that houses our own solar system. Dr Karl Fiteni (inset) led the study. Photo shows the core of the Milky Way as photographed by Joseph Caruana from Dwejra Gozo

Space For the first time, astronomers identify the edge of the Milky Way’s disc Joshua Shavit

Physicists found evidence that hidden quark pairs in the vacuum may shape how matter forms in high-energy collisions.

Space For the first time ever, scientists create particles out of empty space Shy Cohen

This mosaic of images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) instrument on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows a series of sedimentary deposits in the Glenelg area of Gale Crater. Gale Crater is a paleolake located close to the putative coastal shelf.

Space ‘Bathtub Ring’ points to vast ancient ocean on Mars Joseph Shavit

New COLIBRE simulations show how cold gas and dust help galaxies evolve from the early universe to today.

Space Cosmic simulations reveal how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years Joshua Shavit

NASA astronaut and Boeing Crew Flight Test Pilot Suni Williams. Astronauts still grip objects as if gravity matters, even after months in space, a new study finds.

Space Why do astronauts still act like gravity exists in space?Joseph Shavit