70 Million Years Ago, Days Were 30 Minutes Shorter, According to this Ancient Clam
Has humanity been doing it all wrong? We're busy staring off into space with our futuristic, ultra-powerful telescopes, mesmerized by…
Is the “D-star Hexaquark” the Dark Matter Particle?
A new paper by researchers from the University of York proposed a new candidate for Dark Matter, known as the…
Neutron Star Measures Just 22 Kilometers Across
How big is a neutron star? These extreme, ultra-dense collapsed stars are fairly small, as far as stellar objects are…
Following the Inner Worlds: Mercury and Venus in 2020
Where have all the planets gone in early 2020? While all of the naked eye planets are hiding in the…
It Looks Like Betelgeuse was Dimming Because it was Dusty After All
It’s been said that dust built the Universe. And it turns out dust may be the culprit for building up…
Seti@home is on Pause. Unfortunately, it’s not Because They’ve Discovered Aliens
After 20 years in operation, SETI@home program recently announced that it is taking a hiatus to sort through the mountain…
These are the Boulders OSIRIS-REx is Going to Use to Navigate Down to the Surface of Bennu
Meet OSIRIS-REx's "Guide Boulders." When the NASA spacecraft first arrived at asteroid Bennu over a year ago, the surface of…
Life Could be Common Across the Universe, Just Not in Our Region
The building blocks of life can, and did, spontaneously assemble under the right conditions. That's called spontaneous generation, or abiogenesis.…
Weekly Space Hangout: March 11, 2020 – Dr. Jon Willis talks Galaxy Cluster XLSSC 122
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOiq_AJjQ2g Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org) Pam Hoffman (EverydaySpacer.com / @EverydaySpacer) Chris Carr (@therealCCarr…
Asteroid Bennu is Getting Some Official Names for its Surface Features
Late last summer, NASA and the International Astronomical Union’s Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (a.k.a WGPSN) approved the naming…