Some of Earth’s Gold Came From Two Neutron Stars That Collided Billions of Years Ago
A new study has shown that a good deal of Earth's heaviest elements may have come from a nearby neutron…
Astronauts Could Rely on Algae as the Perfect Life Support Partner
Researchers from Germany are testing a new hybrid life support system aboard the ISS, which uses algae to clean the…
Hayabusa1’s Samples of Itokawa Turned up Water That’s Very Similar to Earth’s Oceans
A recent study of samples from the asteroid Itokawa has revealed that "dry" asteroids may have delivered up to half…
Carnival of Space #610
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Ep. 529: Astronomy of the Andes – Then and Now Pt. 1
The Andes mountains in South America are a hotspot of astronomy today, but ancient peoples knew it was a great…
Climate Change Q & A with Bear Grylls
Bear Grylls isn’t a climate scientist, but in his travels around the world as an adventurer, survivalist and host of…
Starlink’s Satellites Will be Orbiting at a Much Lower Altitude, Reducing the Risks of Space Junk
SpaceX recently got FCC approval and is moving ahead with the deployment of its proposed internet satellite constellation.
16 Years of Hubble Images Come Together in this one Picture Containing 265,000 Galaxies
The Hubble Legacy Field, the result of 16 years of observations and the most detailed image of our Universe, has…
The Global Dust Storm that Ended Opportunity Helped Teach us how Mars Lost its Water
The enduring, and maybe endearing, mystery around Mars is what happened to its water? We can say with near-certainty now,…
Blue Origin’s New Shepard Flies Again, a Week Before Their Mysterious Announcement
Today's breed of billionaire space entrepreneurs likes to keep us guessing, don't they? Mr. Elon Musk is famous for announcing…