Gamma Ray Telescopes could Detect Starships Powered by Black Hole
A new study has proposed ways to search for advanced alien life by looking for the gamma rays produced by…
Sorry Hollywood, it’s Going to Take a Lot More to Destroy an Asteroid
A new study from John Hopkins University has shown that blowing up asteroids might be harder than we thought.
InSight’s Rock-hammer is About Half a Meter Down and has Already Run into Rocks.
NASA's InSight lander is busy deploying its Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) into the Martian soil and has…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 520: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter Part 2
This is our second episode in a two part series where we look at Transients in astronomy. In last week's…
Carnival of Space #601
Welcome to the 601st Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers,…
Hayabusa2 Left a Dark Spot Where it Touched Down on Ryugu. Engineers Aren’t Sure Why
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft left its mark on asteroid Ryugu, which mission controllers noticed after the spacecraft touched down on the…
Another Milestone for SpaceX as Crew Dragon Docks with ISS
It's another milestone for SpaceX as their Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station. In the early…
Astronomers are Using NASA’s Deep Space Network to Hunt for Magnetars
Right, magnetars. Perhaps one of the most ferocious beasts to inhabit the cosmos. Loud, unruly, and temperamental, they blast their…
Complex Life Might Require a Very Narrow Habitable Zone
A new study has placed new constraints on the emergence of complex life, which effectively narrows what what we would…
Curiosity Crashed, but it’s Working Fine Again. NASA Won’t Have to Send Astronauts to Turn it off and Back on Again.
A few weeks after Curiosity suffered a glitch that put it in safe mode, the rover is once again operating…