Starship is Stacked on the Super Heavy Booster. The Tallest Rocket Ever Built
SpaceX achieved another milestone this week as the Starship and Super Heavy prototype were stacked and fully-integrated for the first…
Good News! Red Dwarfs Blast Their Superflares out the Poles, Sparing Their Planets From Destruction
The stellar flares of red dwarfs are mostly directed from their poles, which is good news for potentially habitable planets.
Light Pollution is Making it Harder for Animals to Find Their Way at Night
Ah, the majestic dung beetle. The pinnacle of evolution. In all seriousness, these little critters are incredibly sophisticated navigators who…
Animals Could Have Been Around Hundreds of Millions of Years Earlier Than Previously Believed
According to new Earth sciences research, the oldest fossilized remains of animal life may have been found in the Canadian…
Russia’s new Module Kicks the Station out of Position, Causes a Delay for Starliner
The new Russian module temporarily kicked the ISS out of position, causing a delay for Boeing's Starliner mission.
The Tears of the Hero: Get Ready for the 2021 Perseid Meteors
A sure-fire summer shower, the Perseid meteors are set to put on a spectacular show this year.
Astronomy and Geophysics is Rife With Bullying and Harassment
A new survey conducted by the Royal Astronomical Society has shown that the fields of astronomy and geophysics also suffer…
Two Spacecraft are Flying Past Venus, Just 33 Hours Apart
When Longfellow wrote about “ships passing in the night” back in 1863, he probably wasn’t thinking about satellites passing near…
Shadows on the Moon Could be Hiding Water, Even in the Daytime
Shadows have been known throughout history to be excellent hiding places. They may even be hiding unexpected things off the…
Astronomers Find a Huge Planet Orbiting its Star at 6,000 Times the Earth-Sun Distance
Tracking exoplanets is hard - especially when that exoplanet is so far away from its parent star that the normally…