“Eight Years to the Moon:” Read a Book Excerpt
Editor's note: "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions" is a new book, just out today,…
Who Wants to be a Trillionaire? Mission to Psyche Could Uncover Tons of Precious Metals!
NASA's Psyche mission is sure to find some interesting things when it explores a metal asteroid, like quadrillions of dollars…
Ep. 536: Everyday Relativity
Relativity is used in more day to day situations than you may realize. In this episode, we will count (some…
Astronomers See Evidence of Supermassive Black Holes Forming Directly in the Early Universe
Super-Massive Black Holes (SMBH) are hard to explain. These gargantuan singularities are thought to be at the center of every…
Meet the Comet Interceptor. It’ll Wait Patiently In Space for a Comet, Then Pounce On It
The ESA has announced a new mission to explore a comet. The Comet Interceptor mission will have a spacecraft wait…
The Latest Insanely Beautiful Image of Jupiter Captured by Juno
There's something about Jupiter that mesmerizes those who gaze at it. It's intricate, dazzling clouds are a visual representation of…
A Fast Radio Burst has Finally Been Traced Back to its Source: the Outskirts of a Galaxy 4 Billion Light-Years Away
An Australian-led research effort has managed to pinpoint the location of the first non-repeating Fast Radio Burst, which could have…
Earth To Mars In 100 Days? The Power Of Nuclear Rockets
The Solar System is a really big place, and it takes forever to travel from world to world with traditional…
NASA is Going Back to Saturn’s Moon Titan, this Time With a Nuclear Battery-Powered Quadcopter
The official announcement has been made. NASA is sending the Dragonfly, its rotary-winged flying robot, to Titan. We'll have to…
French Scientists Claim to Have Created Metallic Hydrogen
A team of French scientists recently claimed to have created metallic hydrogen in a laboratory, a claim which is triggering…