Planetary Society’s Light Sail 2 is Set to Launch on a Falcon Heavy Rocket Next Month
The Planetary Society is going to launch their LightSail 2 CubeSat next month. LightSail 2 is a test mission designed…
Interview with Dennis E. Taylor, Author of the Bobiverse Trilogy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc8SHAyHVZI This week I had a fantastic opportunity to interview one of my favorite authors, Dennis E. Taylor, the author…
Chang’e-4 Lander and its Rover Have Turned up new Mysteries on the Moon’s far side. The Moon’s Mantle Blasted Onto the Surface?
China's Chang'e-4 lunar mission recently gathered data that suggests that the impact that created the largest impact crater on the…
Mars Odyssey Reveals Phobos Using THEMIS
NASA's aging 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter recently snapped some unique views of the twin moons Phobos and Deimos, in an…
Messier 86 – the NGC 4406 Elliptical Galaxy
Located in the constellation Virgo, about 54 million light years from Earth, is the elliptical galaxy known as Messier 86.
Most of the Solar System Should be a Protected Wilderness. One-Eighth Left for Mining and Resource Exploitation
A new study by an astrophysicist and a professor of ethics takes a look at the future of humanity in…
Carnival of Space #612
Welcome to the 612th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers,…
Can You Spot a Planetary Nebula from a Few Blurry Pixels? Astronomers Can – Here’s How
A planetary nebula is one of the most beautiful objects in the universe. Formed from the decaying remnants of a…
Advanced Civilizations Could be Communicating with Neutrino Beams. Transmitted by Clouds of Satellites Around Neutron Stars or Black Holes
In the ongoing search for intelligent life, a new study recommends that we look for signs of an advanced civilization…
Small, Tough Planets can Survive the Death of Their Star
Sad fact of the Universe is that all stars will die, eventually. And when they do, what happens to their…