An Artificial Intelligence Just Found 56 New Gravitational Lenses
A team of European astronomers recently conducted the first use of AI to identify 56 new gravitational lenses from a…
Juno Finds that Jupiter’s Gravitational Field is “Askew”
The Juno probe has peered deeper into Jupiter's atmosphere than ever before, which has indicated that its magnetic field is…
GW170817 Update: Surprises From First Gravitational Wave Observed Independently
“This is quite literally a physics gold mine!” said Masao Sako, with the University of Pennsylvania. For over a week…
Project Blue: Building a Space Telescope that Could Directly Observe Planets Around Alpha Centauri
An international consortium of scientists known as Project Blue hopes to crowdfund the creation of a space telescope that will…
Has the First Interstellar Comet Been Discovered?
Astronomers have found a comet with a possible interstellar trajectory. Comet C/2017 U1 PANSTARRS seems to have come from outside…
Neptune-Sized Exomoon Found Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Planet?
A new study by an astrophysicists from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research shows that the first exomoon…
Water Worlds Don’t Stay Wet for Very Long
A new study led by Princeton University shows that water worlds are likely to be stripped of their atmospheres (and…
What is an Electric Sail? Another Exotic Way to Explore the Solar System
Space scientists are considering how they can catch the charged particles streaming from the Sun with electric sails as a…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct 25, 2017: Dr. John Charles of NASA’s Human Research Program
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
You Can Now Use Google Maps to Explore the Solar System
Thanks to the over 500,000 pictures taken by the Cassini mission, Google Maps has created a mapping tool that allows…