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Interstellar Ice: The Chemical Fingerprint of 3I/ATLAS
Season 3 Episode 401
Observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array reveal that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS contains an unusually high fraction of…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
From Micro to Interstellar: The Future of Optical Propulsion
Season 3 Episode 400
Researchers at Texas A&M University have created micron-scale “metajets” that use laser light for precise, contactless 3D movement. Built from engine…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Between Planet and Star: Cracking the Age of a Brown Dwarf
Season 3 Episode 399
Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough by precisely dating a brown dwarf—a faint object that exists between planets and stars. Instead of mea…
3 weeks ago
Voyager 1 Nears the Edge: NASA Shuts Down Systems to Keep It Alive
Season 3 Episode 398
Engineers recently powered down the Low-Energy Charged Particle (LECP) instrument to conserve its dwindling nuclear energy supply—part of a strategy …
3 weeks, 1 day ago
How the Moon Preserves the Origins of Life
Season 3 Episode 397
New analysis of samples from Chang'e-5 and Chang'e-6 has revealed complex nitrogen-bearing organic matter on the Moon—offering a rare glimpse into th…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Cosmic Collisions Create a New Kind of Stellar Corpse
Season 3 Episode 396
Astronomers have identified a potential new class of stellar remnants after analyzing two unusual objects nicknamed “Gandalf” and “Moon-Sized.” Unlik…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Mercury Rewritten: The Sulfur Planet
Season 3 Episode 395
New research from Rice University reveals that sulfur—not water or carbon—is the key driver behind Mercury’s unusual geology.
By recreating its oxygen…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
The Largest 3D Cosmic Map Ever Built
Season 3 Episode 394
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has completed the most detailed 3D map of the universe ever created, cataloging tens of millions of g…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
A Monster Galaxy That Shouldn’t Exist
Season 3 Episode 393
Joint observations from Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array and the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed ADF22.A1, a massive, fast-spinn…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Inside the Most Realistic Model of Galactic Evolution Yet
Season 3 Episode 392
The COLIBRE project delivers the most accurate simulations yet of how galaxies form and evolve, integrating complex elements like cosmic dust and col…
4 weeks ago