Collaborate Disseminate
In the relatively short time that the James Webb Space Telescope has been operational, there’s seemingly no end to its list of accomplishments. And if you’re like us, you were …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: July 20, 2025
Have you heard that author Andy Weir has a new book coming out? Very exciting, we know, and according to a syndicated reading list for Summer 2025, it’s called The …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 25, 2025
We appear to be edging ever closer to a solid statement of “We are not alone” in the universe with this week’s announcement of the detection of biosignatures in the …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: April 20, 2025
The official definition of a “planet” could be set to change again soon. Last time that happened, Pluto was kicked out of the club, but the new proposed definition is designed to be more inclusive.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Planet, D… Continue reading The official definition of a planet could soon change again
Except for rare occasions, I don’t play the lottery. Like many of you, I consider state-run lotteries to be a tax paid only by people who can’t do math. That’s …read more Continue reading Avi Loeb and the Interstellar Lottery
Earth is a rather special place, quite unlike the other planets in the solar system. It’s nestled at the perfect distance from the sun to allow our water to remain …read more Continue reading NASA Found Another Super Earth With Tantalizing Possibilities
Flat-Earthers might have been right all along – they were just a few billion years late. Scientists at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have found that newly formed planets might take on a flatter shape, before rounding out.Continue Reading… Continue reading Earth may actually have once been flat – kinda, a long time ago
A new NASA study has discovered a new exoplanet that is almost the size of Earth and orbits a star that’s the same type as the Sun. Unfortunately, this promising candidate is also tidally locked and has one side so hot that it’s one giant sea of lava.C… Continue reading Tidally locked exo-Earth has a lava ocean hemisphere
Hubble has helped astronomers measure changes in the weather on an exoplanet – and it won’t be topping anyone’s travel lists. Forecasts for the planet Tylos predict a gigantic hurricane today with a top of over 3,000 °F (1,650 °C), followed by a strong… Continue reading Planet Tylos weather forecast: Hellish hurricane today, iron rain tonight
Look at the development of Earth-bound tech and you’ll find fire at the heart of it, says a duo of researchers. And what does fire need to burn? Oxygen, whose chemical signature could provide clues to technological societies on worlds beyond our own.Co… Continue reading How the ‘oxygen bottleneck’ could help spot exoplanets with alien tech