Ep. 523: Judging Age & Origins, Pt. 2 Across the Solar System
Today we push our aging curiosity out into the Solar System to ask that simple question: how old is it…
Messier 82 – the Cigar Galaxy
Located in the vicinity Ursa Major constellation, roughly 12 million light years from Earth, is the starburst galaxy known as…
Pulsar Seen Speeding Away From the Supernova That Created it
Recent observations have revealed a pulsar that appears to have been accelerated by the very supernova explosion that created it.
LIGO Just Got a Big Upgrade, Will Begin Searching for Gravitational Waves Again on April 1st
After undergoing upgrades, the LIGO observatory will be going back online this April, with "almost daily" detections of gravitational wave…
The Incredible Challenge of Landing Heavy Payloads On Mars
It’s too bad Mars is such an interesting place, because it’s actually one of the most difficult places to visit…
Six People Have Begun a 122-Day Simulated Mission on the Moon
The SIRIUS-19 experiment recently kicked off, with six cosmonauts entering a simulated lunar environment (where they will spend the next…
Almost 13,000 Years Ago, a Comet Impact Set Everything on Fire
A new discovery in South America has added further weight to the Young Dryas Impact theory, which states that a…
SpaceX Tests the Starship’s Hexagonal Heatshield. Starhopper Tests Could Come as Early as This Week
The milestones just keep coming for SpaceX. After the recent successful test flight of the Crew Dragon capsule, another of…
Spot Failed Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 in Earth Orbit
A ghost from the old Soviet space program may return to Earth in the coming years. Mimicking a campy episode…
Messier 81 – the Bode Galaxy
Welcome back to Messier Monday! Today, we continue in our tribute to our dear friend, Tammy Plotner, by looking at…