Carnival of Space #541
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Mysterious Filament is Stretching Down Towards the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Looking to the center of our galaxy, astronomers noted the presence of a mysterious filament extending from the supermassive black…
Just a Billion Years After the Earth Formed, Life had Already Figured out Plenty of Tricks
According to a recent study, multi-celled lifeforms lived on Earth as early as 3.5 billion years ago - a good…
What is the Radial Velocity Method?
The Radial Velocity (aka. Doppler Spectroscopy) Method relies on measurements of a planet's "wobble" to determine the presence of one…
Yes Please! NASA is Considering a Helicopter Mission to Titan
NASA has chosen the Dragonfly mission concept as a finalist in its New Frontiers program. The double-quadcopter drone is designed…
Astronomers Figure Out a New Way to Search for Planets at Alpha Centauri
A mew study by a team of exoplanet scientists has revealed what kinds of planets are likely to lurk around…
Maybe Mars and Earth Didn’t Form Close to Each Other
A new study by an international team of researchers has suggested that Mars formed farther from the Sun than previously…
Red Dwarf Star, Planet Orbiting at Right Angles. Mayhem.
A new study of a well-known exoplanet has revealed something very strange. Apparently, the planet orbits its star from pole…
Weekly Space Hangout – Dec 20, 2017: The Year in Review
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
Updates on ‘Oumuamua. Maybe it’s a Comet, Actually. Oh, and no Word From Aliens.
On October 19th, 2017, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System-1 (Pan-STARRS-1) in Hawaii announced the first-ever detection of…