Planetary Scientists Have Chosen a Few Landing Sites for the Mars 2020 Rover
At the fourth Landing Site Workshop in October, NASA held a vote on where the Mars 2020 rover will land…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 504: Radar, Lidar, and Sonar
To really study something, you want to reach out and touch it. But what can you do if you're separated…
An Extremely Large Hole has Been Dug for the Extremely Large Telescope
The ESO has broken ground on the Extremely Large Telescope, which will be the world's largest and most-advanced telescope once…
Timelapse Shows the Glowing Wreckage from Supernova 1987a Expanding Outward Over 30 Years
Supernovae are the granddaddies of all cosmic light shows, and Supernova 1987a is one of the most studied objects in…
Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 31, 2018 – David Dickinson
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
It’s Over For Kepler. The Most Successful Planet Hunter Ever Built is Finally out of Fuel and Has Just Been Shut Down.
After eight years of service and thousands of exoplanet discoveries, the Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel and…
This is What Icebergs Look Like at the End of Their Lives. This One’s 18 Years Old
Nothing lasts forever, especially an iceberg drifting away from its frigid home. This coffin-shaped iceberg was spotted by astronauts on…
Parker Solar Probe Became the Closest Thing We’ve Ever Sent to the Sun. And it’s Just Getting Started.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is now the closest object to the Sun that we've ever sent into space. On Oct.…
Yes! Hubble is Back in Operation
After a malfunction with one of its gyros placed it in safe mode, NASA has announced that Hubble is now…
Carnival of Space #584
The tent is up! This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Kimberly Arcand at the Chandra X-Ray Observatory blog.…