"Directly sampling Europa’s ocean represents a major technological challenge and is likely far in the future," Fischer said CalTech geobiologist … More

Mars’ seasonal cap of carbon dioxide ice has eroded many beautiful terrains as it sublimates (goes directly from ice to … More

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The space between stars is not empty, but contains an abundance of diffuse material, about 5-10% of the total mass … More

For the first time, flickering light was seen around a nearby black hole in outburst. It was bright enough to … More

Andor announces the iKon-XL, a large-format CCD camera ideally suited for large instruments. The post iKon-XL Large-Format CCD Camera appeared … More

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4845, located over 65 million light-years away in the … More

Direct imaging of exoplanets is challenging enough when a one-star system is the target, and it’s even tougher with multistar … More