You Knew This Day Was Coming. Alien Megastructures Ruled Out for Tabby’s Star. Dust is the Culprit
A new study from Tabetha Boyajian and a team of over 100 astronomers has ruled out the possibility of an…
In mid-March, the Chinese Tiangong-1 Space Station is Going to Come Crashing Back Down to Earth… Somewhere
According to the latest predictions, China's Tiangong-1 space station is going to come crashing to Earth in March - but…
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan 3, 2018: Dr. Jeyhan Kartaltepe of the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
Supermassive Black Holes can Turn Star Formation On and Off in a Large Galaxy
A new study by a team of international astronomers has provided the first direct evidence that supermassive black holes affect…
What is the Gravitational Microlensing Method?
The Gravitational Microlensing method relies on rare events (one star passing in front of another) to focus light and search…
Carnival of Space #542
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 471: Best Modern Sci Fi for the Science Lover – Part 3: Human Computer Relations
It's time to talk computers, and how we're going to be dealing with them in the future. In our next…
Messier 64 – The Black Eye Galaxy
Located in the Coma Berenices constellation, roughly 24 million light years from Earth, is the spiral galaxy known as Messier…
Top 2018 Astronomy Events
Happy New Year 2018. One of the toughest choices we made last year was to not write a full astronomical…
In Preparation for its Inaugural Launch, the Falcon Heavy Receives its Special Cargo – Musk’s Tesla Roadster!
In preparation for the inaugural launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket, SpaceX recently released pictures of Musk's Tesla Roadster being…