Scientists and space agencies are shooting for the Moon – 5 essential reads on modern lunar missions
Mary Magnuson, The Conversation - The year 2023 proved a big one for lunar science. India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landed near the south pole of...
How extraterrestrial tales of aliens gain traction
Ester Lázaro Lázaro, Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC) - One night, upon returning to the cave that his tribe calls home, the monkey-humanoid Moon-Watcher finds...
Why people tend to believe UFOs are extraterrestrial
Barry Markovsky, University of South Carolina - Most of us still call them UFOs – unidentified flying objects. NASA recently adopted the term “unidentified...
Observations from space help scientists get one step ahead of the tiny but deadly mosquito
Each year, nearly three-quarters of a million people die from mosquito-borne diseases, and with climate change the problem is getting worse. EU researchers are...