New Horizons’ Next Flyby Target Just Got Weirder!
In preparation for their historic flyby with a KBO, the New Horizons team conducted observations that indicated that the target…
Standford Team Creates mDOT, a Mini-Starshade for Exoplanet Research
A team from Standford University's Space Rendezvous Laboratory have created a small-scale demonstrator of Starshade technology to help in the…
Gorgeous Images of the August 2017 Partial Lunar Eclipse
Just to get you in the mood for the upcoming total solar eclipse -- now less than two weeks away…
Experiment Detects Mysterious Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering For the First Time
The COHERENT experiment, an international collaboration, made the first-ever detection of neutrinos bumping into the nucleus of other atoms
Messier 53 – the NGC 5024 Globular Cluster
Located 58,000 light from years, in the northern constellation Coma Berenices, is the globular cluster known as Messier 53.
Carnival of Space #521
Welcome, come in to the 521st Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers…
Musk Says Maiden Falcon Heavy to Launch in November, Acknowledges High Risk and Releases New Animation
Before the year is out, the long awaited debut launch of the triple barreled Falcon Heavy rocket may at last…
NASA Voyager Probes Still Going Strong After 40 Years
The Voyager probes, humanity's longest-running and farthest-reaching missions, are celebrating their 40th anniversaries this summer!
Bad News For Proxima b: An Earth-Like Atmosphere Might Not Survive There
A new study led by researchers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center indicates that Proxima b would be likely to…
Hubble Eyes Stratosphere Around a Very Hot, Watery Jupiter!
A recent study by a team of astronomers, using data provided by Hubble, has provided the best evidence to date…