Top Astronomy Events for 2024
2024 features the final total solar eclipse for the CONUS until 2044, and much more.
Miniaturized Jumping Robots Could Study An Asteroid’s Gravity
Missions focusing on small bodies in the solar system have been coming thick and fast lately. OSIRIS-Rex, Psyche, and Rosetta…
How Supersymmetry Saved String Theory
String theory, like most revolutions, had humble origins. It started all the way back in the 1960’s as an attempt…
Using Smart Materials To Deploy A Dark Age Explorer
One of the most significant constraints on the size of objects placed into orbit is the size of the fairing…
The Atmosphere of an Exoplanet Reveals Secrets About Its Surface
Astronomers have now characterized the atmospheres of several exoplanets, with JWST and upcoming missions promising to turn that into the…
NASA Tightbeams a Cat Video From 31 Million Kilometers Away
NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) has been responsible for maintaining contact with missions venturing beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) since…
Watch 14 Years of Gamma-Ray Observations in This Fascinating NASA Video
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, named in honor of noted physicist Enrico Fermi, has been in operation for almost a…
Questions Remain on Chinese Rocket That Created an Unusual Double Crater on the Moon
In November, we reported how an impact on the Moon from a Chinese Long March rocket booster created an unusual…
Holograms Might Save Physics
Even though the guts of General Relativity are obtusely mathematical, and for decades was relegated to math departments rather than…
Ouch. Canadarm2 Took a Direct Hit From a Micrometeorite
Living in space comes with risks. For astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), those risks occasionally make themselves intrusively…