Space

Physicists have identified possible remnants of two exploded stars that were once paired before they each blew up.

Researchers have developed the Smaller Than Earth Habitability Model (STEHM) to assess which planets can maintain life-supporting atmospheres, focusing on size and atmospheric dynamics.

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will run the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and build a 10-year time lapse of the entire Southern sky. Find out what goes into unlocking the cosmic data.

The Stanford mathematician’s black hole research is opening up new questions about Einstein’s theory of general relativity and the nature of the universe.

The Artemis II mission launches this week as a first step toward returning to the moon and reaching Mars. Materials scientist Debbie Senesky explains the material tech that makes these missions possible.

NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory’s rapid monitoring of supernovae, asteroids, and other astronomical events marks a historic milestone in astrophysics.

Researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory discuss using X-ray beams to uncover a long-lost map of the universe.

Cosmologists Josh Frieman and Risa Wechsler share how the Dark Energy Survey is paving the way for future research.

The first peer-reviewed study using data from the SLAC-built LSST Camera identifies an asteroid nearly eight football fields long that spins once every two minutes.

Stanford researchers have become the first to demonstrate that machine-learning control can safely guide a robot aboard the ISS, laying the groundwork for more autonomous space missions.