In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...
The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...
The best reason to send humans to Mars isn’t for guts or glory—or the construction of colonies to safeguard against existential Earth-bound risks. Instead it’s to answer a single, simple question: Is ...
For four months, social media has drawn skywatchers and lovers of galactic lure to a speck spotted in July. A new visitor from beyond our solar system University of Texas at Arlington Astrophysicist ...
Comparing any Seiko to a Rolex Oyster Perpetual is going to be a bit of a stretch, but here goes. The OP is Rolex’s entry-level automatic everyday watch, and the brand makes a version for practically ...
Here are some recently released titles to add to your reading list. This week, we read First Contact: The Story of Our Obsession with Aliens, plus James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds' take on Dracula ...
A newly tracked interstellar comet, which has been dubbed 3I/ATLAS and is likely to pass the sun, Jupiter, Mars and Venus (but not Earth) this autumn, has sparked some unexpectedly Jewish reflections.
The first time Fontella “Faun” Day believes she saw life from another planet, it came from above. It was a cloudy afternoon in Rachel, Nevada, and the phones and computers at the Alien Cowpoke gas ...