Russian Actor and Filmmaker are On the Space Station to Shoot Scenes for a Film
Earlier this week, a Soyuz spacecraft launched to the International Space Station with three people on board. But only one…
It’s Official, William Shatner Will be Flying to Space With Blue Origin
Star Trek meets star reality as William Shatner, the iconic 90-year-old actor, will fly on the next Blue Origins suborbital…
One Star Could Answer Many Unsolved Questions About Black Holes
A supermassive black hole (SMBH) likely resides at the center of the Milky Way, and in the centers of other…
Astronomers Have a new way to Measure the Mass of Supermassive Black Holes
Even the most supermassive of the supermassive black holes aren't very large, making it extremely difficult to measure their sizes.…
Astronomers Might use Pulsars to First Detect Merging Supermassive Black Holes
Astronomers have been using gravitational waves to detect merging black holes for years now, but may have to rely on…
There are Many Metal-Rich Asteroids Nearby to Investigate
Usually, when the topic of asteroid mining comes up, thoughts turn to the riches of the asteroid belt between Mars…
On its Next run, LIGO Will be Able to Probe 8 Times as Much Space
Materials science has once again come through for space exploration. Researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) have developed…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” XVII: What is the “SETI-Paradox” Hypothesis?
Another reason we haven't heard from aliens is that the possibility that every everyone is listening, but nobody's messaging!
Arid Meteor Outburst in the Works This Week?
A new Arid meteor shower may be making itself known in early October 2021.
There’s Enough Sunlight Getting Through Venus’ Clouds to Support High-Altitude Life
Carl Sagan once famously, and sarcastically, observed that, since we couldn’t see what was going on on the surface of…