Space Catapult Startup SpinLaunch has Come Out of Stealth Mode. Space catapults? Yes Please
Reclusive SpinLaunch founder Jonathon Yaney recently broke his silence about his vision to reduce the costs of space exploration by…
Bacteria Surviving On Musk’s Tesla Are Either A Bio-threat Or A Backup Copy Of Life On Earth
Is Musk's Tesla Roadster in space a biological threat to life on other worlds, a back-up for life on Earth,…
Weekly Space Hangout: Feb 28, 2018: Will Kalif’s “See It With A Small Telescope”
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
Amazing High Resolution Image of the Core of the Milky Way, a Region with Surprisingly Low Star Formation Compared to Other Galaxies
An international team of astronomers recently conducted a study of the Milky Way center to determine why it has a…
Proxima Centauri Just Released a Deadly Flare, so it’s Probably not a Great Place for Habitable Planets
A new study recorded a massive flare coming from Proxima Centauri, a finding which casts doubt on it having any…
Carnival of Space #550
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Gadi Eidelheit at his The Venus Transit blog. Click here to read…
Precise New Measurements From Hubble Confirm the Accelerating Expansion of the Universe. Still no Idea Why it’s Happening
A new survey performed by the SHoES team using Hubble has confirmed that the Universe is in an accelerated rate…
22 Years Of The Sun From Soho
SOHO is celebrating a huge milestone, and one it was never intended to meet: it has now observed one complete,…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 480: Rockets pt. 2 – Multi-stage Boosters
The vast majority of rockets are multi-staged affairs. Why is this? What makes this kind of rocket so successful? Today…
Venus Returns to the Dusk Sky
Where have all the planets gone? The end of February 2018 sees the three naked eye outer planets – Mars,…