Earlier this week, Vice President Nominee JD Vance announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he wants the United States to “conquer the stars.” It’s a reference to his support of Elon Musk, who, at a Trump rally a few weeks ago, declared that he wants to “make science fiction real.” The rhetoric is part of Musk’s effort to …
As a scientist studying exoplanets, Aomawa Shields, Ph.D., has spent her career searching for life on other planets. I think needs to be accounted for in these departments when we're thinking about everything from how we approach setting up the support structures, to how we talk to the students when they are in our classes, whether they're struggling or not …
CNN — Our solar system boasts a diverse range of planets, but some of them may share a common phenomenon with Earth: raindrops. Rain on other planets is something scientists are still striving to understand, but new research has suggested raindrops themselves are incredibly similar even in different planetary environments. “There’s a fairly small range of stable sizes that these …
