Earth’s Past and Future Habitability Depends on Our Protection from Space Weather
A bewildering number of factors and variables led up to the planet we occupy today, where life finds a way…
Japan Tests Robotic Earth-Moving Equipment in a Simulated Lunar Jobsite
JAXA has partnered with the Kajima Corporation to develop autonomous construction technology to build on the Moon!
Dedicated Amateur Astronomer Makes Rare Pair of Asteroid Discoveries
Two recent asteroid discoveries made by an amateur astronomer highlight what is possible, with access to the right equipment.
An Amateur Astronomer Discovered One-of-a-Kind Supernova Remnant
In 2013, amateur astronomer Dana Patchick was looking through images from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer archive and discovered a…
The Maddening Simplicity of Black Holes
Black holes. The name is said to come from the Black Hole of Calcutta, an infamous prison that you cannot…
When Stars Consume Their Partners, We Could Detect a Blast of Neutrinos
You might be familiar with the bizarre ritual of the female praying mantis which, I’m told, bites off the head…
Starship Could Be Ready to Launch on Friday
Space exploration should never be run of the mill nor something that finds itself on the back pages of the…
Growing Black Hole Seen Only 470 Million Years After the Big Bang
One of the big questions in cosmology asks when black holes first showed up in the early Universe. Recently astronomers…
The Oort Cloud Might be More Active Than We Thought
Astronomers have seen meteors strike the Earth on hyperbolic trajectories for decades; they would have escaped the Solar System if…
Why Even Einstein Couldn’t Unite Physics
Near the end of his life Einstein worked tirelessly to find a way to unite electromagnetism with gravity. He could…