Earth Will Receive an ‘Alien’ Transmission From Mars This Week
SETI Live: A Sign in Space – Simulating First ContactThe event, which you can watch above, will be livestreamed on Wednesday from 2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. ET. The media…
A Real Housewife, UFC Champion, and McLovin Are Competing in Mars Simulation Reality Show
Twelve misfit celebrities are about to venture out to another planet, as they live, work, and compete against each other in a simulated Martian environment for a new reality show.…
Four Moons Circling Uranus May Be Sopping Wet
New scrutiny of Uranus’ largest moons suggest the bodies may contain ocean layers that could be dozens of miles deep. What Is Planet Nine and Why Can’t We Find It?…
The Moon Has a Solid, Earth-Like Core, Study Finds
NASA suggested in 2011 that the Moon had an iron-rich, solid core, as well as a fluid outer core.Image: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University Scientists may have just unlocked another of the…
Grasp the Size of a Black Hole in This New NASA Animation
Gif: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab/Gizmodo A video recently shared by NASA showcases just how big supermassive black holes can get. Supermassive black holes have masses greater…
‘Very Large’ Radio Telescope Array Will Scan for Alien Signals
The SETI Institute said this week that the Very Large Array, a National Science Foundation telescope in New Mexico, will join the hunt for radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. First…
This Piping-Hot Rocky World Looks Surprisingly Wet
The Webb Space Telescope recently trained its perceptive gaze on a rocky exoplanet about 26 light-years from Earth and found that it appears to have water vapor in its atmosphere—a…
Rover Spots Possible Evidence of Liquid Water on Modern Mars
China’s Zhurong rover has found evidence of liquid water on present-day Mars, according to a team that reviewed data from the rover’s cameras. China’s Plan to Land Astronauts on the…
New Image of M87 Black Hole Shows a ‘Fluffier’ Ring and Its High-Speed Jet
The Event Horizon Telescope, a network of radio telescopes around the world, has produced fresh observations of the black hole at the center of galaxy Messier 87. First Full-Color Images…
Martian Core Revealed by Deep-Traveling Seismic Waves From Planet’s Far Side
Scientists have detected sound waves moving through Mars’ core for the first time, offering new clues to the composition of the fourth planet from the Sun. What Is Planet Nine…