New jets seen blasting out of the center of a galaxy
Giant black holes can launch jets that extend for tens of thousand of light-years, blasting clean out of their host…
My Dad Made a Table That Looks Surprisingly Like Jupiter
My Dad's a pretty good woodworker, and recently completed a wooden table that looks surprisingly like Jupiter, Great Red Spot,…
Astronomers find a galaxy that had its dark matter siphoned away
The galaxy NGC 1052-DF4 surprised scientists by having almost no dark matter to complement its stellar population. Recently a team…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” XII: What is the Waterworlds Hypothesis?
Is it possible that the reason we haven't heard from any aliens is because there's too much water out there?
Hayabusa 2’s Sample is Landing on Earth December 6th
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is nearly back home, with precious cargo aboard! The sample-return mission departed asteroid Ryugu (162173 Ryugu)…
A new measurement puts the Sun 2,000 light-years closer to the center of the Milky Way
Ultra-precise measurements of stars in our galaxy put us closer to galactic center than we thought.
Figuring Out How To Breathe the Moon’s Regolith
Oxygen ranks right up there as one of the most important resources for use in space exploration. Not only is…
Polarized light from the cosmic background hints at new physics
Distant light from the big bang is twisted as it travels to us. This could mean dark matter is more…
One of These Pictures Is the Brain, the Other is the Universe. Can You Tell Which is Which?
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in…
Neutrinos prove the Sun is doing a second kind of fusion in its core
Astronomers have detected a fusion cycle in our Sun that powers massive stars and creates the elements central to life…