Evan Gough
Antarctica Has Gotten 10 Times Greener in 35 Years
Our satellites are dispassionate observers of Earth's climate change. From their vantage point they watch as pack ice slowly loses…
Dragonfly is Going to Titan on a Falcon Heavy
NASA has given SpaceX the contract to launch the Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan. A Falcon Heavy will send…
A Superfast Supercomputer Creates the Biggest Simulation of the Universe Yet
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have created the largest astrophysical simulation of the Universe ever. They…
The Holiday Fireplace Video We Needed
There's a new contender for your holiday fireplace video. This one comes from NASA, and features rocket engines and boosters…
The Hubble and FU Orionis: a New Look at an Old Mystery
In 1936 astronomers watched as FU Orionis, a dim star in the Orion constellation, brightened dramatically. The star's brightness increased…
We’re Living in an Abnormal Galaxy
Astronomers often use the Milky Way as a standard for studying how galaxies form and evolve. Since we're inside it,…
Earth’s Old Trees Keep A Record of Powerful Solar Storms
Most of the time the Sun is pretty well-mannered, but occasionally it's downright unruly. It sometimes throws extremely energetic tantrums.…
The First Close-Up Picture of Star Outside the Milky Way
Like a performer preparing for their big finale, a distant star is shedding its outer layers and preparing to explode…
Gaze at New Pictures of the Sun from Solar Orbiter
74 million kilometres is a huge distance from which to observe something. But 74 million km isn't such a big…
Main Sequence and White Dwarf Binaries are Hiding in Plain Sight
Some binary stars are unusual. They contain a main sequence star like our Sun, while the other is a "dead"…