Our Part of the Galaxy is Packed with Binary Stars
Binary star systems are everywhere. They make up a huge percentage of all known solar systems: from what we can…
The Space Court Foundation Presents: “Women of Color in Space”
The Space Court Foundation has launched a new series titled Women of Color in Space! Their first interview with Ruvimbo…
There was a Secret Code in the Perseverance Parachute
A secret coded message was hidden on the gigantic parachute used to land the Perseverance rover safely on the surface…
Cygnus X-1 was the First Black Hole Ever Found. New Measurements Show it's Much More Massive Than Previously Believed
New parallax measurements of Cygnus X-1 by the VLBA find it is more distant than we thought, and therefore more…
Perseverance’s Landing … Seen From Orbit!
The HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has done it again. The imaging team was able to capture the…
Since Perseverance is Searching for Life, What Will it Be Looking for?
You have to be careful what you say to people. When NASA or someone else says that the Perseverance rover…
A map of 25,000 Supermassive Black Holes Across the Universe
The Low Frequency Array has mapped a portion of the sky at the lowest radio frequencies ever, revealing more than…
Watch Perseverance Land on Mars. Mind…Blown
NASA's Perseverance rover is practically bristling with cameras. And those cameras were busy during the rover's breathtaking descent to the…
How Long Will Space Junk Take to Burn Up? Here’s a Handy Chart
If the Roman Empire had been able to launch a satellite in a relatively high Low Earth Orbit – say…
There’s Evidence That Mars Once Had an Atmosphere With Less Oxygen. A Possible Biosignature For Life?
Remote sensing is only useful if scientists have an idea of what they are looking at. That knowledge is especially…