This Powerful Ion Engine Will Be Flying on NASA’s DART Mission to Try and Redirect an Asteroid
Despite humanity's current struggle against the novel coronavirus, and despite it taking up most of our attention, other threats still…
Following Comet Y1 ATLAS: the ‘Lost Comet’ of Spring
Got clear skies? If you’re like us, you’ve been putting the recent pandemic-induced exile to productive use, and got out…
Weekly Space Hangout: March 25, 2020 – Amy Shira Teitel’s Fighting for Space
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Allen Versfeld (https://www.urban-astronomer.com/ / @uastronomer) Carolyn Collins Petersen (TheSpaceWriter.com / @spacewriter) Alex Teachey (alexteachey.com /@alexteachey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0y1CeYvezY We are pleased…
Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden has Passed Away
The world recently lost another luminary, NASA astronaut Al Worden, who was part of the Apollo program and piloted the…
How Researchers Produce Sharp Images of a Black Hole
A new study by members of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) has shown how new images of black…
The three-body problem shows us why we can’t accurately calculate the past
Our universe is driven by cause and effect. What happens now leads directly to what happens later. Because of this,…
NASA Chooses 4 New Astronomy Space Missions for Additional Study
NASA recently selected four new missions for development that will study gravitational waves, supernovae, relativistic jets, and exoplanet habitability.
Another Incredible Picture of Mars, This Time From a Region Just Outside Valles Marineris
An image taken by the MROs HiRISE camera showcases the types of terrain around part of Mars' Valles Marineris canyon…
This is Foam, Made in Space
Say hello to Space Foam. The ESA has a science lab on the International Space Station called Columbus. Inside that…
Elon Musk says that SpaceX Has no Plans to Spin Off Starlink
At the recent Satellite 2020 Conference & Exhibition, Elon Musk declared that Starlink will not become its own company in…