Review: The Most Unknown

6 years ago

We recently came across a fascinating documentary that not only looks at some of the big questions today in multi-interdisciplinary…

Australian astronomers have been able to double the number of mysterious fast radio bursts discovered so far

6 years ago

Using the Australia Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder in western Australia, a team of researchers almost doubled the number of FRBs…

Surprising Discovery. Four Giant Planets Found Around a Very Young Star

6 years ago

What exactly is a "normal" solar system? If we thought we had some idea in the past, we definitely don't…

Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 17, 2018 – Paul Geithner, Deputy Project Manager, JWST

6 years ago

Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…

Here’s What the First Images from the Event Horizon Might Look Like

6 years ago

The Event Horizon Telescope has completed its observations. Now scientists are crunching the data and hope to soon have the…

You’ve Got to Watch this Stunning NASA Video of Arctic Sea Ice. Now at its Lowest Levels

6 years ago

In the 60 years that NASA has been keeping track, the arctic seasonal sea ice is the thinnest and youngest…

Astronomers Get Ready, Another Artificial Star to Ruin Your Data is Coming. Artist is Planning to Launch a Giant, Unfolding Structure That’ll be Bright in the Sky For a Few Months

6 years ago

In collaboration with the Nevada Museum of Art and some private aerospace companies, artists Trevor Paglen plans to launch the…

Plans for a Modular Martian Base that Would Provide its own Radiation Shielding

6 years ago

At this year's AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition, engineer Marco Peroni presented his proposal for a modular Martian…

The Path that MASCOT Took Across Asteroid Ryugu During its 17 Hours of Life

6 years ago

The tiny robot lander MASCOT did a fine job on the surface of asteroid Ryugu, and its zigzag path allowed…

Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We’re Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter

6 years ago

A new study shows that the surface of Ganymede was once a very tectonically active place, with evidence of slip-faulting…