Narrowing Down the Mass of the Milky Way
Using information from Gaia's second data release, a team of scientists have made refined measurements of the mass of the…
Last Year’s Gravitational Wave Detections Failed to Provide a Hint of Any Extra Spatial Dimensions
In a new study, astrophysicists used the gravitational waves from last year's kilonova event to determine if the Universe has…
Weekly Space Hangout: Sept 15, 2018: Live from AC500 Weekend!
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Pamela Gay (astronomycast.com / @starstryder) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr.…
Heralding the 2018 Harvest Moon
Following the Moon lately? The up and coming Full Moon is the most famous of them all, as we approach…
Elon Musk Reveals who the First Lunar Tourist Will Be
From SpaceX's headquarters in California, Elon Musk announced who will be the first lunar tourist to hitch a ride aboard…
To Avoid Vision Problems in Space, Astronauts Will Need Some Kind of Artificial Gravity
A new study by an international team of researchers has indicated the need for artificial gravity to mitigate the effects…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 500: 500th Episode!
We're not learning that the vast majority of potentially habitable worlds out there are actually icy moons like Europa and…
The Closest Planet Ever Discovered Outside the Solar System Could be Habitable With a Dayside Ocean
A new NASA-led study shows that Proxima b could support the existence of an ocean on its dayside, which means…
Sunspot Solar Observatory has been Shut Down by the FBI and Nobody’s Saying Why
The Sunspot Solar Observatory has been temporarily shut down and evacuated due to a security threat.
New Video Shows Construction Beginning on the World’s Largest Telescope
A new video released by the ESO illustrates the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope, which will be the world's…