Astronomers See the Exact Moment a Supernova Turned into a Black Hole (or Neutron Star)
On June 17th 2018, the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey's twin telescopes spotted something extraordinarily bright in the…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 513: Stellar Fusion
The Sun. It's a big ball of fire, right? Apparently not. In fact, what's going on inside of the Sun…
Neutrino Telescopes Look Deep in the Earth and Deep into Space
Neutrino telescopes are another kind of telescope to go alongside telescopes for visible light, x-rays, infrared, ultraviolet, microwave, radio, gamma…
Giant Streak Structure Found in Venus’ Cloudtops
A team of researchers in Japan has discovered a gigantic streak structure in the cloud tops of Venus. The discovery…
In the far Future our Sun will Turn Into a Solid Crystalline White Dwarf. Here’s How it’ll Happen
New research using some of the latest Gaia mission data has revealed what happens to stars like our Sun once…
Uh oh, Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 is Down
On January 8th, an important piece of equipment on the Hubble Space Telescope went down. The Wide Field Camera 3…
Canadian Telescope Finds 13 More Fast Radio Bursts Including the Second One Ever Seen Repeating
Canadian scientists using the CHIME (Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment) have detected 13 FRBs (Fast Radio Bursts), including the second-ever…
Our Complete Guide to the January 21st Total Lunar Eclipse
By now, you've heard the news. One of the top astronomy events for 2019 is coming right up on the…
Extreme Bacteria on the Space Station are Evolving to Handle the Harsh Conditions, not to Make Astronauts Sick
A new study conducted by researchers from NWU has shown that bacteria do not mutate into super bugs.
Bad News. Planets Orbiting Red Dwarfs Might not have the Raw Materials for Life
New research from the Hubble Space Telescope and the ESO's Very Large Telescope is dampening some of the enthusiasm in…