Comet Y1 Iwamoto Tops Out in February
Every year produces a handful of binocular comets, and the first one for 2019 is coming right up, with a…
The Milky Way is Actually Warped
A new study by a team of Chinese scientists has shown that the galaxy actually has a warped, S-shape to…
ESA is Planning a Mission to the Smallest Spacerock Ever Visited: the Moon of an Asteroid
For some small minority of humans, Death By Asteroid is a desirable fate. The idea probably satisfies their wonky Doomsday…
Weekly Space Hangout: Feb 6, 2019: Dr. Natalie Hinkel and “The Hypatia Catalog”
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
How Big Would a Generation Ship Need to be to Keep a Crew of 500 Alive for the Journey to Another Star?
In their latest in a series of studies concerning generation ships, the team addresses how large the ship would need…
Two Newly-Discovered Exoplanets are Probably the Result of a Catastrophic Collision
How can two planets so similar in some respects have such different densities? According to a new study, a catastrophic…
How The Sun’s Scorching Corona Stays So Hot
We've got a mystery on our hands. The surface of the sun has a temperature of about 6,000 Kelvin -…
Elon Musk’s New Plan is to Get to the Moon as Fast as Possible
With his latest update, Musk shared the first test-firing of the Raptor rocket, and indicated there would be some changes…
Carnival of Space #597
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by me at the CosmoQuest blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 516: Polar Vortices
It's cold right now. Okay, fine, here on Vancouver Island, it's actually pretty warm. But for the rest of Canada…