Explore stars, planets and space missions through clear explanations of the observations and instruments behind the discoveries.
SpaceX's CRS-35 mission delivers advanced biological and physical research payloads to the International Space Station, deploying 3D human brain models, space crop pathology tests, on-orbit biomarker detection, and longitudinal antibiotic resistance monitoring.
Astronomers locate exoplanets across the Milky Way using indirect detection techniques, including the radial velocity method, transit photometry, gravitational microlensing, and astrometry. These approaches track stellar behavior and enable atmospheric characterization.
Pulsars are hyper-dense neutron stars born from supernova core collapses. Spinning up to hundreds of times per second and boasting magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's, these stellar remnants funnel charged particles into radiant beams that sweep across space like cosmic lighthouse beacons.