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Freeman Dyson theorized that hypothetical alien megastructures would give off infrared radiation and searching for that byproduct would be a viable method for searching for extraterrestrial life. 3D Illustration Getty Images/NASA.

Space.com

The same gigantic sunspot that was responsible for triggering a historic geomagnetic storm on Earth in mid-May whipped up a legendary one for Mars a few days later. On May 20, data from Europe’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft showed that an estimated X12 …

Space.com

“We are sitting in the front row to observe these unique cosmic fireworks at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy.” Comments (0). An burnt orange background with one large dark square and three smaller dark squares all containing.

Scientific American

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observed an unusually large and highly luminous galaxy at a record-breaking 290 million years after the big bang. By Riis Williams. Illustration of James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in space with star clusters …

CNN

Kevin Petersen, an avocado farmer and curator of the Kronosaurus Korner fossil museum in northwest Queensland, Australia, unearthed a number of fossilized bones in western Queensland in 2021. These have since been identified as belonging …

Space.com

Since the advent of the Space Age, we’ve always relied on radio frequency communications to “chat” with both astronauts and spacecraft in orbit and beyond. But now, NASA is leveling up its communications system with one of the coolest, most space-y …

Space.com

The spacewalk scheduled for two NASA astronauts today (June 13) has been postponed. International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 71 crew members Tracy Dyson and Matt Dominick will not be performing an extravehicular activity (EVA) that had been …

The New York Times

If they were standing on the Martian surface, “astronauts could see these auroras,” Dr. Curry said. Based on scientific knowledge of atmospheric chemistry, she and other scientists say, observers on Mars would have seen a jade-green light show, although no …

Space.com

Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday (June 13), and you can watch the action live. NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Matthew Dominick will perform the Thursday spacewalk, or extravehicular …

Cornell Chronicle

Yet, those changes that are longer-lasting and distinct between crew members reveal new targets for aerospace medicine and can guide new missions, according to the results of a massive international research endeavor by investigators at Weill Cornell …