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…
It Looks Like Dark Matter Can be Heated Up and Moved Around
Look at a galaxy, what do you see? Probably lots of stars. Nebulae too. And that's probably it. A whole…
Interstellar Objects like Oumuamua Probably Crash into the Sun Every 30 Years or so and 2 Pass Within the Orbit of Mercury
A new study by a team of Harvard scientists reveals how we could study future interstellar visitors like 'Oumuamua
Weekly Space Hangout: Jan 9, 2019 – Lucianne Walkowicz
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
TESS Finds its Third Planet, a sub-Neptune with a 36-Day Orbit
After only three months of operation, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) spacecraft is delivering on its mission to find…
China’s Yutu-2 rover is on the move on the far side of the Moon
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) accomplished a historic feat last week (Thurs. Jan. 3rd) by landing a robotic mission…
Check out this Amazing Picture of the Triangulum Galaxy by Hubble.
To the unaided eye, the Triangulum Galaxy is just a smudge in the night sky. But it's a smudge that…