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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.
The Mysterious Origins of Water
It may strike you as surprising, but water wasn’t always something that the Earth just had plenty of;…
Glass beads in lunar soil reveal ancient asteroid bombardments on the Moon and Earth
NASA / JSC Alexander Nemchin, Curtin University and Katarina Miljkovic, Curtin University In 2020, China’s Chang’e 5 mission…
Venus: the trouble with sending people there
NASA/JPL Andrew Coates, UCL Venus, often called Earth’s “evil twin” planet, formed closer to the Sun and has…
The Infrared Science Behind the James Webb Space Telescope
Aside from a pretty glaring source of visible light in the form of the Sun, there’s not much…
For the first time, robots on Mars found meteorite impact craters by sensing seismic shock waves
NASA / JPL-Caltech Katarina Miljkovic, Curtin University Since 2018, NASA’s InSight mission to Mars has recorded seismic waves…
The Mystery of the Dark Side of the Moon
Let’s get down to business: there’s quite literally more to the moon than meets the eye. This video…
It’s not just rocket science – hidden chemistry powers Moon launches and sustains life in space
SpaceX, CC BY-NC Curtis Ho, University of Tasmania Many around the world will watch eagerly this Saturday as…
Why do we always need to wait for ‘launch windows’ to get a rocket to space?
NASA Gail Iles, RMIT University Earlier this week, the Artemis I Moon mission was scrubbed again; now we…
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon sets the stage for routine space exploration beyond Earth’s orbit – here’s what to expect and why it’s important
NASA is going back to the Moon. NASA Jack Burns, University of Colorado Boulder NASA’s Artemis 1 mission…
Astronomers have detected one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky
Jurik Peter/Shutterstock Luke Barnes, Western Sydney University; Miroslav Filipovic, Western Sydney University; Ray Norris, Western Sydney University, and…