Astronomy Cast Ep. 427: Click Bait vs Clear Science
Did you hear that Dark Energy doesn't exist any more? Neither does Dark Matter? It turns out that NASA recalculated…
Weekly Space Hangout – November 4, 2016: Mars and Where to Land on it with Dr. Matt Golombek
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Matt Golombek, Senior Research Scientist at the JPL; Mars Exploration Rover Project Scientist;…
Somebody Get This Supermassive Black Hole A Towel
Two galaxies collide, and one super-massive black hole is stripped almost naked of stars.
Beautiful Planetary Rings Are Dead Dwarf Planets! Dead Dwarf Planets!!!
A new study from a team of Japanese researchers shows that the rings of the gas giants might be the…
China Just Launched Its Largest Rocket Ever
China’s newest and biggest heavy-lift rocket was successfully launched today, Nov 3, 2016, testing out China’s latest rocket along with…
What is the World’s Deepest Ocean?
Determining which ocean is the deepest is tricky, but on average, the Pacific Ocean is deeper than the rest, thanks…
NASA’s New Asteroid Alert System Gives 5 Whole Days of Warning
NASA's Scout Program for the early detection of asteroids passed it's first test, giving us 5 days notice of 2016…
Watch Asteroid 2016 VA Pass Through Earth’s Shadow
Holy low-flying space rocks, Batman. Newly discovered asteroid 2016 VA snuck up on us last night, and crossed through the…
Pure Metal Asteroid Has Mysterious Water Deposits
Water has been showing up in all sorts of unexpected places in our Solar System, such as the Moon, Mercury…