Catch Comet T2 PanSTARRS This Spring
Ready for the next great comet? First, the bad news. there is not (as of yet), a good naked eye…
A Rare Fast Radio Burst has been Found that Actually Repeats Every 16 Days
A team of scientists in Canada have found a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) that repeats every 16 days. This is…
New Images of the “Golf Ball” Asteroid Pallas
New images of the asteroid Pallas (the clearest and most detailed to date) reveal that it looks like a "golf…
Weekly Space Hangout: February 12, 2020 – Mapping Pulsars with Dr. Cole Miller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH58Py4_jBA Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org) Sondy Springmann (@sondy) Alex Teachey (alexteachey.com /@alexteachey) This…
Carnival of Space #650
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Here are the First Pictures from CHEOPS
The CHEOPS spacecraft is taking the first tentative steps in its mission. Back on January 29th, the spacecraft opened the…
Mars 2020 Will be The Third Time That NASA Has Tried to Send a Microphone to Mars
The Mars 2020 rover, which will launch this summer, will be the third NASA mission to bring a microphone to…
Astronomers Have Some Serious Concerns About Starlink and Other Satellite Constellations
Picture the space around Earth filled with tens of thousands of communications satellites. That scenario is slowly coming into being,…
SpaceX is Thinking of Spinning Off Starlink and Taking it Public
SpaceX recently announced that it could be taking Starlink public, giving investors a chance to get a piece of this…
The ESA’s Solar Orbiter, a Mission That Will Chart the Unexplored Polar Regions of the Sun, Just Launched!
The ESA's Solar Orbiter launched earlier today on its five-year mission to study the Sun, which scientists hope will lead…