Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We’re Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter
A new study shows that the surface of Ganymede was once a very tectonically active place, with evidence of slip-faulting…
The Milky Way Could Be Spreading Life From Star to Star
A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics addresses the possibility of panspermia on a galactic (and intergalactic) scale
Next Generation Telescopes Could Use “Teleportation” to Take Better Images
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, quantum mechanics may allow for some truly-cutting edge astronomy…
What Neil Armstrong’s Sons Really Think About the Movie “First Man”
Like millions of other people around the world, on July 20, 1969, Rick and Mark Armstrong watched Apollo 11’s Moon…
Soyuz Launch Carrying Two Astronauts is Forced to Abort, Landing Safely Back on Earth
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two crew members to the ISS has experienced a booster failure. The craft executed an emergency…
Ceres Rolled Over at Some Point in the Past
According to a new study from the Planetary Science Institute, Ceres poles reoriented sometime in the past, which bolsters the…
Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 10, 2018 – Sean Carroll
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
348 Years Ago, a French Astronomer Monk Might have Witnessed the Collision Between a White and Brown Dwarf Star
A collision between a white dwarf and a brown dwarf created the object we call CK Vulpeculae. It was first…
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…