TV Show ‘Cosmos’ Gets An Epic Reboot This Sunday
Sunday is going to be a once-in-a-generation moment. For those of us who were too young to remember the original…
Giant Planet May Be Lurking In ‘Poisonous’ Gas Around Beta Pictoris
A Saturn-mass planet might be lurking in the debris surrounding Beta Pictoris, new measurements of a debris field around the…
Evidence Of Giant, Growing Louisiana Sinkhole Showed Up In Radar Before Collapse: NASA
A Louisiana sinkhole the size of 19 American football fields shifted sideways in radar measurements before its collapse and resulting…
See Light Pollution in Action
Like anyone else who's ever looked up at the night sky in any but the smallest cities, I've seen light…
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A Natural Planetary Defense Against Solar Storms
Planetary shields up: solar storms inbound… Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have identified…
Rocket Launches Into an Aurora to Study Auroral Swirls
If you've ever wondered what makes the aurora take on the amazing forms it does you've got company. Marilia Samara…
Why Is This A Special Time For The Universe?
You might be surprised to know that you're living in a very special time in the Universe. And in the…
If the Moon Were Only One Pixel: a Scale Model of the Solar System
One of my favorite pet peeves is the inability of conventional models to accurately convey the gigantic scale of the…
‘Space Racers’ TV Show Brings The Adorable (And The Science) To Preschoolers
Blastoff! A new space show aimed at preschoolers aims to showcase the joy of space, while making sure that the…
Hubble Telescope Watches Asteroid Disintegrate in Space
Back in 2010, astronomers discovered an asteroid that was breaking apart due to a head-on collision with another asteroid. But…