Richard M. Goldstein, a pioneer in planetary exploration who used ground-penetrating radar to map planets with techniques that scientists now use to measure geographic changes on Earth, including melting glaciers, died June 22 at his home in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. He was 97. His daughter, Rabbi Lisa L. Goldstein, confirmed the death. In the … Read more
New research suggests a geological explanation for the fact that there is conclusive evidence of advanced … [+] No alien civilizations have been found. getty Are we alone, and if so, why? So far, the search for extraterrestrial life has yielded nothing but silence, and a team of Earth scientists now think they know why. … Read more
Artist’s impression of the first stars, 400 million years after the Big Bang NASA WMAP Science team via Wikipedia Astronomers have discovered the furthest known carbon in the universe, dating from just 350 million years after the Big Bang. The finding – made by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope – used infrared observations from the current … Read more
A bewildering number of shiny galaxies, a purple-orange star nursery and a spiral galaxy similar to our Milky Way: new images were revealed on Thursday by the European Euclid Space Telescope. It is the second set of images released by the European Space Agency since Euclid launched the first-ever mission to investigate the mysteries of … Read more