Astronomy Cast Ep. 501: Water Worlds Revisited
We're not learning that the vast majority of potentially habitable worlds out there are actually icy moons like Europa and…
Europa is Going to be Tough to Land on, it Could Have Towering Walls of Ice Spikes Across its Surface
According to a new NASA-backed study, Europa's surface may be covered in towering icy spikes, which could make a landed…
Carnival of Space #581
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Blake Crosby at his Photon Fishing. Click here to read Carnival of Space…
New Image Shows the Rugged Landscape of Comet 67P
Thanks to an amateur astronomer, the latest image to come from the Rosetta mission provides of glimpse of the surface…
Microsoft and Partners Hope to Create a Time Capsule… On the Moon!
Microsoft has teamed up with researchers to create a time capsule using synthetic DNA, which will be sent to the…
Now You Can Buy Fake Mars Dirt for $20/Kilogram. Obviously You’ll Want to Know if Potatoes Can Grow in it
Researchers from UCF have developed a standarized, scientific way to create Martian soil simulant, which could accelerate efforts to colonize…
A German-French Hopping Robot Just Landed on the Surface of Asteroid Ryugu
The tiny hopping robot explorer called method has completed its 16 hour mission to asteroid Ryugu.
First Exomoon Found! A Neptune-Sized Moon Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Planet
A pair of astronomers combing through data from the Kepler spacecraft have discovered the first exomoon. The moon is in…
Gaia Sees Stars Out in Deep Space, Flying Between Galaxies
Based on Gaia's second data release, a team of astronomers from the Leiden Observatory have observed hyper-velocity stars that appear…
2018 Prospects for Obscure Comet 38P Stephan-Oterma
Ready for one more? While all eyes are still following Comet 21/P Giacobini-Zinner as it glides through northern hemisphere skies,…