Weekly Space Hangout – Oct 11, 2017: SpaceX From The Ground Up by Chris Prophet
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
Watch a House-Sized Asteroid Pass Close to Earth Tonight (October 11/12)
On Oct. 12, a house-size asteroid will pass quite close to Earth – only 26,000 miles (42,000 kilometers) away. This…
Dwarf Planet Haumea Has a Ring
A unique opportunity to study the dwarf planet Haumea has led to an intriguing discovery: Haumea is surrounded by a…
This Meteorite Came From a Volcano on Mars
After examining several samples of Martian volcanic rock, which came to Earth in the form of meteorites, researchers were able…
SpaceX Sets Oct. 11 Sunset Blastoff of SES-11 North American UHD TV Sat on Used Falcon 9 Rocket: Watch Live
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - SpaceX is all set for a sunset blastoff Wednesday, Oct. 11 of the commercial SES-11/EchoStar…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 460: Earth from Afar: Remote Sensing
The space age has given us the ability to look at every corner of the globe in every wavelength. It's…
Carnival of Space #530
Welcome, come in to the 530th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers…
Scientist Find Treasure Trove of Giant Black Hole Pairs
In two new studies by international teams of astrophysicists, a wealth of merging black hole pairs have been discovered, which…
New Clues Emerge for the Existence of Planet 9
In their latest study concerning Planet 9 , astronomers Brown and Batygin offer the first single and coherent description that…
Not an Alien Megastructure, a Cloud of Dust on a 700-Day Orbit
A new study by an international team of researchers has proposed a new theory about Tabby's Star, indicating that it…