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Don’t Panic! 3I/ATLAS is Just a Comet
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Comet Controversy
Starting in July 2025, scientists have had the opportunity to study just the third documented interstellar object to enter the Solar System. While the imagination and conjecture have led some to speculate on its potential origins, the data has pointed to it being a comet — albeit one with some different attributes.
Space Tech Protects Visitors from Hidden Dangers of Yellowstone
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Supervolcano
Beneath Yellowstone lies a complex system of magma chambers, fault lines, and hot water that fuels more than 10,000 thermal features–the highest concentration on Earth. Researchers are developing and deploying technology to monitor extreme natural events like hydrothermal explosions and earthquakes produced by Yellowstone's subterranea, which pose a more immediate threat to 4.5 million yearly park visitors than the (very unlikely) eruption of a supervolcano.
30 Years of Exoplanets: An Astonishing Catalogue of Cosmic Wonder
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6,000 Worlds
Astronomers working at NASA’s Exoplanet Archive at Caltech recently announced that the number of known planets around stars other than our Sun had passed the 6,000 mark. It’s been a truly staggering rate of discovery since the first planet orbiting a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi b, was announced thirty years ago on October 6th, 1995.
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Don’t Panic! 3I/ATLAS is Just a Comet
Starting in July 2025, scientists have had the opportunity to study just the third documented interstellar object to enter the Solar System. While the imagination and conjecture have led some to speculate on its potential origins, the data has pointed to it being a comet — albeit one with some different attributes.
November 4, 2025
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Space Tech Protects Visitors from Hidden Dangers of Yellowstone
Beneath Yellowstone lies a complex system of magma chambers, fault lines, and hot water that fuels more than 10,000 thermal features–the highest concentration on Earth. Researchers are developing and deploying technology to monitor extreme natural events like hydrothermal explosions and earthquakes produced by Yellowstone's subterranea, which pose a more immediate threat to 4.5 million yearly park visitors than the (very unlikely) eruption of a supervolcano.
October 27, 2025
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30 Years of Exoplanets: An Astonishing Catalogue of Cosmic Wonder
Astronomers working at NASA’s Exoplanet Archive at Caltech recently announced that the number of known planets around stars other than our Sun had passed the 6,000 mark. It’s been a truly staggering rate of discovery since the first planet orbiting a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi b, was announced thirty years ago on October 6th, 1995.
October 21, 2025
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Do Moonquakes Pose a Threat to Artemis Astronauts and their Habitats?
Earthquakes, but on the moon. We probably shouldn't build our moonbase, nuclear reactors, and SETI observatories near those fault lines. And neither should China.
October 14, 2025
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A Global Community of Citizen Scientists Collaborate to Track 3I/ATLAS
New and commercially available "backyard" telescopes with advanced optics and tracking are helping citizen scientists across the world track TikTok's favorite interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS, which NASA (and a concert of reputable scientists) say is definitely a comet.
October 7, 2025
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Could Strange Creatures Lurk Beneath the Icy Shells of Ocean Worlds?
Several spacecraft are currently en route to the outer solar system to search for insights about that very mystery. If we ever do find life on these worlds—whether they be simple microbes or fantastical space whales—they might be literally in the dark about the great cosmic drama that is unfolding around us.