One of the TRAPPIST-1 Planets Has an Iron Core
According to a new study by a team of Columbia University's Cool Worlds Lab, one of the TRAPPIST-1 planets had…
NASA is Investigating a Self-Assembling Space Telescope
As part of the 2018 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NAIC) program, a team of scientists from across the US was…
Weekly Space Hangout: May 2, 2018: Life on Mars: What to Know Before We Go
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
One Bonus From the Gaia Data Release: the Rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud
In addition to revealing the proper motion of over a billion stars in the Milky Way, the 2nd data release…
ExoMars Has Sent Back its First Images From Mars
ExoMars mission's Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) recently sent back its very first image, which shows the ice-covered edge of the…
For the First Time, Astronomers Have Found a Star That Survived its Companion Exploding as Supernova
Using the Hubble Space telescope a team of astronomers have found the companion of a supernova for the first time,…
Carnival of Space #559
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Messier 68 – the NGC 4590 Globular Cluster
Located in the Hydra constellation, roughly 33,000 light years from Earth, is the globular cluster known as Messier 68
Astronomers See a Pileup of 14 Separate Galaxies in the Early Universe
Using the ALMA array, international team of scientists recently observed 14 galaxies in the early Universe that are about to…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 489: Black Hole Update
Another update episode, this time we look at what's new and changed in the research of black holes. And it's…