Carnival of Space #607
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Ep. 526: Event Horizon Telescope and the Black Hole at M87
Today, of course, we're going to talk about the announcement from the Event Horizon Telescope and the first photograph of…
Scientists are Trying to Figure Out Why InSight’s “Mole” Can’t Dig Any Deeper
Engineers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) are busy working with a replica InSight…
The Closest Star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri, has a Planet in the Habitable Zone. Life Could be There Right Now
A new study by a team from the Carl Sagan institutes shows how life could survive the harsh radiation on…
SpaceX Does it Again with Second Retrieval of Falcon Heavy Rocket
This week, SpaceX conducted the first commercial launch of the Falcon Heavy (and second launch overall) and managed to bring…
Voyager and Pioneer’s Grand Tour of the Milky Way
A new study takes a look at where the Voyager and Pioneer probes might one day venture to as they…
Beresheet Crashed.
The Israeli Beresheet spacecraft has crashed into the Moon. The craft, whose name is Hebrew for "in the beginning" made…
Space Weather Forecasts can now give Satellites One Whole Day of Warning when a Killer Solar Storm is Inbound
Earth's fleet of satellites is in a vulnerable position. When solar activity increases, high-energy particles are directed toward Earth. Our…
Weekly Space Hangout: Apr 10, 2019 – Dr. Ian O’Neill
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Pamela Gay (astronomycast.com / cosmoquest.org /…
It’s Finally here. The First Ever Image of a Black Hole
"We have taken the first picture of a black hole." EHT project director Sheperd S. Doeleman of the Center for…