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…
A third of the stars in the Milky Way came from a single merger 10 billion years ago
Ten billion years ago the young Milky Way survived a titanic merger with a neighboring galaxy, eventually consuming the whole…
ESA Is Going To Spend $102 Million To Remove a Single Piece of Space Junk
How much would you be willing to spend to remove a piece of space debris? Does $102 million sound like…
There’s Fabric on the Space Station That Scientists Are Using to “Listen” for Space Dust Impacts
One of the biggest threats to the International Space Station (ISS) comes from micrometeoroid impacts. A small hole in the…
A new way to map out dark matter is 10 times more precise than the previous-best method
Astronomers have to be extra clever to map out the invisible dark matter in the universe. Recently, a team of…
Every Year NASA Simulates Our View of the Moon for the Upcoming 12 Months. Here’s 2021, Hour by Hour
There's no real reason most of us need to know what the Moon will look like on any particular day…
Geysers on Europa might come from pockets of water under the ice
Observations have already confirmed the existence of a sub-surface ocean on Europa, and there has been rampant speculation about whether…
The Moon has Resources, but Not Enough to Go Around
A new study led by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics explains how the Moon may not have enough resources to…
Astronomers See a Newly Forming Planetary Disk That’s Continuing to Feed On Material from its Nebula
Over the last few years, astronomers have observed distant solar systems in their early stages of growth. ALMA (Atacama Large…
Weekly Space Hangout: November 25, 2020, Dr. Olivier Witasse, Project Scientist, the JUICE Mission
https://youtu.be/RpRKnjL197I This week we are aired Fraser's pre-recorded interview with Dr. Olivier Witasse, Project Scientist on the JUICE mission. (more…)