This is What It’ll Look Like When the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies Collide Billions of Years from Now
What happens when two galaxies collide? The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy are on a collision course, and in…
China’s Lunar Rover Wakes Up and Gets to Work for its 3rd Lunar Day
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released some new photos and updated the world on their lunar rover mission.…
Using Black Holes to Conquer Space: The Halo Drive!
According to a new study, black holes could be used as a gravitational slingshot, allowing for interstellar space exploration.
Jupiter or Earth? Which One’s Which, and Why Do They Look so Similar?
Jupiter: a massive, lifeless gas giant out there on the other side of the asteroid belt. It's a behemoth, containing…
Now You Can See MU69 in Thrilling 3D
The New Horizons team has released new images that take advantage of the "binocular effect" to create 3D impressions of…
A Newer, More Accurate Measurement Sets the Mass of the Milky Way at 1.5 Trillion Solar Masses
Astronomers keep trying to measure the mass of the Milky Way and they keep coming up with different numbers. But…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 521: The Deep Space Network
We always focus on the missions, but there's an important glue that holds the whole system together. The Deep Space…
Messier 80 – the NGC 6093 Globular Cluster
Located in the Scorpius constellation, roughly 32,600 light years from Earth, is the globular cluster known as Messier 80.
Massive Photons Could Explain Dark Matter, But Don’t
I’ll be the first to admit that we don’t understand dark matter. We do know for sure that something funny…
Pluto and Charon Don’t Have Enough Small Craters
The New Horizons team just shared new findings about the lack of small craters on Pluto and Charon's surface, which…