Massive Binary Stars Huddle Up Surprisingly Quickly
Dancing is a favorite pastime of many couples. Swinging around a dance floor, using the laws of physics to twirl…
The Largest Sea On Titan Could Be Over 300 Meters Deep
The Earth’s oceans are notoriously unexplored, and stand as a monument to the difficult of exploring underwater. But they aren’t…
You Can Actually See the Milky Way’s Wave When You Map Its Stars
Spiral galaxies are one of the most commonly known types of galaxy. Most people think of them as large round…
In Theory, Supermassive Black Holes Could get Even More Supermassive
A new study proposes that the upper mass limit for black holes could be a million times larger than we…
The Universe in Formation. Hubble Sees 6 Examples of Merging Galaxies
Audio narration by the author is available above 10 billion years ago, galaxies of the Universe were ablaze with the…
Virgin Orbit Successfully Launches a Batch of Satellites From an Airplane
Virgin Orbit has successfully tested its new air-launch system (LauncherOne) that will deliver small satellites to orbit in the near…
The “Happy Face Crater” on Mars Has Been Changing Right Before Our Eyes
Who has an even bigger grin than ten years ago? This goofy-looking crater on Mars. (more…)
Only 31 Magnetars Have Ever Been Discovered. This one is Extra Strange. It’s Also a Pulsar
Some of the most stunningly powerful objects in the sky aren’t necessarily the prettiest to look at. But their secrets…
The One Place on the Space Station Astronauts Aren’t Supposed to Clean
While most of us are now more fastidious about keeping our homes and workplaces clean, on board the International Space…
Strange Green Star is the Result of a Merger Between two White Dwarfs
Chandrasekhar found there is an upper limit for the mass of a white dwarf, but some white dwarfs can break…