Radio Astronomers are Worried About Mega-Constellations and the Square Kilometer Array
With all the satellite constellations heading to space in the near future, there are concerns they will interfere with radio…
Just How Bad are Superflares to a Planet’s Habitability?
Star's can be full of surprises; some of them nasty. While our own Sun appears pretty placid, science has shown…
Matter makes up exactly 31.5±1.3% of the Universe
Weighing the universe is a tricky task, but a team of astronomers have used a clever technique to measure how…
Simulation Helps Explain Saturn’s Mysterious Hexagon
A new study of the mysterious hexagon-shaped storm at Saturn’s north pole suggests this phenomenon is actually the result of…
An Amazing Sky Mosaic Courtesy of Stellina…and a New Telescope from Vaonis
Check out this stunning new deep-sky panoramic and new light-weight ‘smartscope,’ courtesy of Vaonis.
The Solar System has a second plane where objects orbit the Sun
Almost all the objects orbiting the sun live in a particular plane, called the ecliptic plane. But a recent analysis…
Planets Don’t Wait for Their Star to Form First
It looks like we may have to update our theories on how stars and planets form in new solar systems.…
Weekly Space Hangout: October 7, 2020, Dr. David Warmflash Discusses Mixed-Reality Surgical System
This week we welcome back to the show Dr. David Warmflash. Since he was last with us, David has been…
Gravitational-Wave Lensing is Possible, but it’s Going to be Incredibly Difficult to Detect
Because gravitational waves travel at the speed of light, they can be lensed just as light waves are. But observing…
Time Flies. NASA Releases a Mosaic of TESS’ View of the Northern Sky After Two Years of Operation
NASA's TESS planet-finding spacecraft completed its primary mission about 3 months ago. TESS's (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) job was to…