How Badly Will Humanity Freak Out if We Discover Alien Life?
Scientists at Arizona State University wanted to find out what peoples' reactions would be to the announcement of the discovery…
Russia and China Are Working on Space and Counterspace Weapons
According to the Department of National Intelligence's (DNI) 2018 report, China and Russia could be developing technologies that will give…
Astronomers Observe the Rotating Accretion Disk Around the Supermassive Black Hole in M77
A team of Japanese astronomers conducted the first detailed observation of a dust and gas torus surrounding a supermassive black…
Opportunity Just Saw its 5,000th Sunrise on Mars
The Opportunity rover just experienced its 5000th sunrise on Mars and is still revealing things about the Martian surface.
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Neptune’s Huge Storm Is Shrinking Away In New Images From Hubble
Hubble images track the demise of an enormous storm in Neptune's atmosphere. Rather that expiring in a flash of atmospheric…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 479: Rockets pt. 1 – What Does “Single Stage To Orbit” Really Mean?
To celebrate the launch of the Falcon Heavy, we figured it was time for an all new series, this time…
Carnival of Space #549
Welcome to the 549th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers,…
It Turns Out, Andromeda is Younger Than Earth… Sort Of
According to a recent study by a French-Chinese collaboration, the Andromeda galaxy (as we know it) is younger than we…
Astrophotographer Captures Musk’s Tesla Roadster Moving Through Space
An award-winning astrophotographer in California has captured images of the Tesla Roadster and its driver "Starman" speeding through space.