Geoengineering Earth's Atmosphere: How It Could Affect Astronomy By Nola Taylor Redd published 20 January 17 Creating clouds in the sky or redirecting sunlight to bring down the Earth's temperature could have an effect on astronomy.
'Star Trek' Science: Why Vulcans (and Other Aliens) Look Like Humans By Nola Taylor Redd published 2 January 17
Weird Red Spot on Pluto Moon Explained By Nola Taylor Redd published 14 September 16 Pluto may be sharing its atmosphere with its largest moon, Charon, creating the visually striking red spot at the satellite's north pole.
Are Black Holes Really Black? By Nola Taylor Redd published 22 August 16 A black hole simulated in a lab points toward "no."
Galaxy Stirring Revealed by Doomed Japanese Spacecraft By Nola Taylor Redd published 6 July 16 Before it died, Japan's Hitomi satellite revealed surprising insights about how black holes stir up gas inside enormous collections of galaxies.
Saturn Moon Enceladus' Plumes May Resemble Earth's 'Lost City' By Nola Taylor Redd published 29 June 16 Saturn's intriguing moon Enceladus could resemble Earth's Lost City, a network of hydrothermal vents in the Atlantic Ocean where life survives despite cold and darkness.
Odd 'Dark Hydrogen' May Lurk Within Jupiter, Other Giant Planets By Nola Taylor Redd published 28 June 16
E.T. Phones Earth? 1,500 Years Until Contact, Experts Estimate By Nola Taylor Redd published 20 June 16 Aliens may be mediocre just like Earthlings, which could explain why humanity hasn't heard from advanced civilizations yet.
Alien Life? Radiation May Erase Mars, Europa Fossils By Nola Taylor Redd published 24 May 16 Radiation from beyond the solar system may destroy any organic fossils lying on the surface of Mars or Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
Tornado Facts: Causes, Formation & Safety By Nola Taylor Redd published 19 April 16 These violent storms wreak havoc and cost lives. They can occur anywhere at any time.
Mars Life Hunt: Could Basin Host Remains of an Ancient Biosphere? By Nola Taylor Redd published 4 April 16
Not So Fast: Discovery of Radio Burst Source May Be Flawed By Nola Taylor Redd published 3 March 16 A paper published Feb. 24 claiming to have located the source of a mysterious type of energetic radio burst may have a fatal flaw, some scientists say.
Palm-Size Satellites Could Hunt for New Alien Worlds By Nola Taylor Redd published 25 February 16 Tiny satellites could hitch a ride into orbit and spot alien worlds from afar, new research suggests.
Traces of the First Stars in the Universe Possibly Found By Nola Taylor Redd published 14 January 16 An enormous gas cloud in the early universe has a very small amount of the heavy elements that would form in later stellar generations, suggesting that it was "polluted" by the very first stars.
Advanced Alien Civilizations Could Live in Globular Star Clusters By Nola Taylor Redd published 7 January 16 Once life gets started in dense stellar groups, it could quickly go interstellar, thanks to old stars and close neighbors.
Cosmic Lightsaber Slices Through Clouds in Awesome New Image By Nola Taylor Redd published 17 December 15 A cosmic lightsaber, trillions of miles long, slices through the dark clouds of dust and gas that surround it in a new image captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Mars May Become a Ringed Planet Someday By Nola Taylor Redd published 25 November 15 Mars may one day have rings like Saturn's, if the Red Planet manages to completely crush its innermost moon, Phobos.
Could Liquid Lakes Form on Mars Today? By Nola Taylor Redd published 21 November 15 A sudden spurt of liquid water on Mars could potentially create deep lakes today, new research suggests.
Amazing Jupiter Video Shows Slowing Shrinkage of the Great Red Spot By Nola Taylor Redd published 14 October 15
An Ocean Flows Under Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus By Nola Taylor Redd published 17 September 15 A slight wobble in the orbit of Saturn's moon Enceladus can only be explained by a global ocean beneath its crust.
It's Official: The Universe Is Dying Slowly By Nola Taylor Redd published 11 August 15 The slow death of the universe was revealed in 21 wavelengths, as scientists map the energy of a nearby region of space.
Satellite Spies Super Typhoon Soudelor from Space (Photo) By Nola Taylor Redd published 5 August 15 From the safety of space, NASA observed the most powerful storm of the year.
