The Private Axiom-2 Mission is Almost Ready to Fly to the International Space Station
SpaceX’s second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom-2 aka Ax-2, which is sponsored Axiom Space, received…
Not All Type 1a Supernovae are Created Equally
New research shows that there are variations in how white dwarfs explode.
Artemis V is Going to the Moon With Blue Origin
NASA has announced a second lunar lander provider for its Artemis program, choosing Blue Origin’s National Team to deliver astronauts…
ESO is Using a New System to Allocate Telescope Time. It’s Working Well
Most astronomers know the struggle of getting time on the world's most powerful telescopes. Even though this observing time might…
New Climate Model Accurately Predicts Millions of Years of Ice Ages
New research by a team of Japanese climatologists and an astronomer shows how astronomical forces have caused major changes in…
An Astronomical First! A Radiation Belt Seen Outside the Solar System
For the first time, a team of astronomers has imaged the radiation belt of an object from beyond the Solar…
Astronomers Want to Build the Next Generation Arecibo Telescope
When the Arecibo Telescope collapsed in 2020, astronomers lost one of the world's most powerful radio telescopes. A team of…
The Largest Explosion Ever Seen in the Universe
Astronomers have witnessed the most powerful supernova on record, which could provide insight into the forces that shape galaxies.
A Brief History of the Discovery of Cosmic Voids
At first the sum total of large, orderly structure in the Universe appeared to arrive in two categories. There were…
Building a Satellite out of Wood? Use Magnolia
Typically when you think of a satellite, you think of a metal box with electronic components inside it. But that…