ESA is Considering a Mission to Give Advanced Warnings of Solar Storms
The Sun is not exactly placid, though it appears pretty peaceful in the quick glances we can steal with our…
A New Technique to Make Lighter Radiation Shielding For Spacecraft: Rust.
A new technique for creating lighter and cheaper radiation shielding involves a secret ingredient: rust!
There Could be Meteors Traveling at a Fraction of the Speed of Light When They Hit the Atmosphere
According to a new study by a pair of Harvard astrophysicists, it is possible that meteors traveling close to the…
Carnival of Space #651
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Click here to read Carnival…
War of the Worlds: Watch the Moon Occult Mars Tuesday Morning
Happen to have clear skies tomorrow morning and live in the western part of the United States? Then you may…
Betelgeuse Is Still Dimming! And We Have the Pictures to Prove It
Near the end of 2019, astronomers watching the red giant Betelgeuse noted how much the star had dimmed, continuing to…
Beautiful Exposed Bedrock and Sand Dunes on Mars
Impact craters can be quite complex. Depending on the size of the impactor, and on the size of the planet…
Astronomers Simulated How the Universe Would Look Without Dark Matter
A team of European researchers recently simulated how a Universe without Dark Matter would have evolved, with surprising results!
Mars Was Hit By a Lot of Protoplanets Early in its History, Taking Longer to Form than Previously Thought.
There are around 61,000 meteorites on Earth, or at least that's how many have been found. Out of those, about…
The Pale Blue Dot: Now New and Improved
Thirty years have now passed since the Voyager 1 spacecraft snapped one of the most iconic and memorable pictures in…