Antares is a supergiant star that would fill the Solar System beyond Mars, but its atmosphere is 12 times bigger than that
Antares, the angry red eye of the constellation Taurus the bull, is a red supergiant star near the end of…
A New Search for Evidence of Technological Civilizations in the Milky Way
Scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and University of Rochester have come together (with NASA funding) to launch a…
Quasars are the Biggest Particle Accelerators in the Universe
We puny humans think we can accelerate particles? Look how proud we are of the Large Hadron Collider. But any…
There are Features on Titan That Really Look Like Volcanic Craters
A new study supported by the Cassini mission shows how the northern polar region of Titan could still be experiencing…
Planets With Large Oceans are Probably Common in the Milky Way
A new study by a team of NASA scientists indicates that "ocean worlds," like those in our Solar System, could…
Astronomers Estimate There Are 6 Billion Earth-Like Planets in the Milky Way
Six billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way? If true, that's astounding. But the number needs some context. The Milky…
NASA Thinks it’s Time to Return to Neptune With its Trident Mission
Is it time to head back to Neptune and its moon Triton? It might be. After all, we have some…
Japanese Dark Matter Detector is Seeing a “Surprising Excess of Events”
A search for dark matter has found an extra signal in their data that could point toward proof of dark…
The Navy is Testing Beaming Solar Power in Space
Solar power has become a focal point of the battle to mitigate climate change. The potential of solar power is…
Weekly Space Hangout: June 17, 2020 — Dana Backman, Director of NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors
https://youtu.be/nzO-QhBFz04 This week we are joined by Dana Backman, an astrophysicist with a Ph.D. from the University of Hawai'i. He…