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The sheer scale of the universe may oftentimes escape everyday description; our “pale blue dot” may sometimes feel miniscule compared with the sheer scale of the rest of the universe. In response to this, Modern Sciences champions the latest in astronomical developments and discoveries, to help us truly understand what lies beyond our blue skies—not just the universe as how we see it, but a universe in which we are a part. “We are made of star stuff,” after all.
How Do We Know If an Asteroid Will Hit Earth?
Astronomers track faint moving objects across the sky and use orbital math—refined since Kepler and Gauss—to determine whether…
The Fall of “Ingenuity”
Ingenuity, initially designed for just five flights over 30 days, completed 72 missions across nearly three years, helping…
Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all
The European Space Agency’s astronaut cohort includes a parastronaut, as part of a feasability project. AP Photo/Francois Mori…
NASA’s new telescope will create the ‘most colourful’ map of the cosmos ever made
NASA’s SPHEREx observatory undergoes integration and testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in April 2024. NASA/JPL-Caltech/BAE Systems…
Five animals that behave differently in moonlight
Warawut Klinjun/Shutterstock Anders Hedenström, Lund University Once every spring, a few days after the full moon, corals of…
The (Possible) Cosmic Origins of DNA
The theory of pseudo-panspermia suggests that the essential building blocks of life, such as amino acids and nucleobases,…
A total eclipse of the Moon, Saturn’s rings ‘disappear’, meteors and more: your guide to the southern sky in 2025
The totally eclipsed Moon on 26 May 2021. Geoffrey Wyatt, Powerhouse Museum, CC BY Nick Lomb, University of…
What’s the shape of the universe? Mathematicians use topology to study the shape of the world and everything in it
You can describe the shape you live on in multiple dimensions. vkulieva/iStock via Getty Images Plus John Etnyre,…
Quantum effects make distant objects move together: new research finds this may happen with ripples in space
An illustration of two black holes orbiting each other. Eventually they will merge, producing gravitational waves. Mark Garlick/Science…
Newly Discovered Exoplanet HD 20794 d Found in Habitable Zone of Nearby Star
At a Glance An international team of researchers has confirmed the discovery of a new exoplanet called HD…