A Dying Red Giant Star has Thrown Out Giant Symmetrical Loops of Gas and Dust
The Gemini South telescope has captured a new image of the glowing nebula IC 2220. Nicknamed the Toby Jug Nebula,…
China Will Use Two Rockets to Put Humans on the Moon
At a recent summit, China revealed new details about its first crewed lunar mission scheduled for 2030, including schematics, graphics,…
Your Oven Gets Hotter Than This Star
Astronomers have an ultracool star that only has a surface temperature of 425 degrees centigrade, cooler than the cleaning cycle…
NASA Artemis DIMPLE Instrument Suite to Explore Moon’s Mysterious Volcanic Features
NASA recently selected a new science payload that will travel to the Moon through a series of robotic missions via…
Perseverance Finds a Wealth of Organic Materials on Mars
The search for life on Mars has been a long a confusing one. Inconclusive experiments abound, but one thing is…
A Satellite is Now Continuously Watching Lightning Strikes in Europe
Satellites often offer new perspectives when they launch. Sometimes because of the location they are placed in - sometimes because…
India Launches Chandrayaan-3 to the Moon, Hoping for a Successful Landing
On July 14, 2023, at 2:35 pm Indian Standard Time (5:05 am EST), the Indian Space Resource Organisation (ISRO) successfully…
Liquid Water on Rocky Planets Could be 100 Times More Likely
Astronomers previously believed that you needed a special environment for a rocky planet to have liquid oceans on its surface,…
Some Star Systems Create a Planet Sandwich
A recent study presented at the National Astronomy Meeting 2023 (NAM2023) examines a newly discovered planetary formation theory that challenges…
The Universe Could Be Twice As Old if Light is Tired and Physical Constants Change
A new paper argues that the universe is 26.7 billion years old. But the model only works by assuming tired…