Carnival of Space #569
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Click here to read Carnival…
A Partial Solar Eclipse Down Under
Eclipse season in nigh... though most of us won't notice. The second eclipse season for 2018 commences with the arrival…
NASA is Looking for New Ways to Deal With Trash on Deep Space Missions
NASA is currently partnering with companies to develop technologies for dealing with garbage during long-duration space flights.
New Insights Into What Might Have Smashed Uranus Over Onto its Side
A new study by a team of NASA-supported researchers has shown how a giant impact could explain all of Uranus'…
Instead of Building Single Monster Scopes like James Webb, What About Swarms of Space Telescopes Working Together?
Looking to the next-generation of telescopes, a pair of astrophysicists propose using swarm robots to conduct observations instead of relying…
What Would a Camera on a Breakthrough Starshot Spacecraft See if it’s Going at High Velocity?
In a recent study, a pair of astrophysicists suggest that Breakthrough Starshot could also test Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity…
A Spectacular Grazing Occultation for Aldebaran at Dawn
An unusual celestial spectacle unfolds for observers around the Great Lakes region next Tuesday at dawn. The Moon has been…
Carnival of Space #568
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his NextBigCoins blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space…
NASA Has Awarded a Contract to Study Flying Drones on Venus
NASA recently partnered with the Boulder-based drone company Black Swift to create an unmanned aerial system to explore Venus' cloud…
Stunning First Ever Photograph of a Newly Forming Planet
A team of international astronomers recently captured the first image of a newly-formed planet, which will allow astronomers to test…