Astronomy
Dark Stars: The First Stars in the Universe Could Have Been Powered by Annihilating Dark Matter
Dark matter doesn’t really do much of anything in the present-day universe. But in the early days of the cosmos…
Compare Sand Dunes Across the Solar System, From Venus to Pluto
A new study explains how bodies as different as Venus, Earth, Mars, Pluto, Titan, and Triton can all have sand…
Could we Detect Dark Matter’s Annihilation Within Globular Clusters?
A team of astronomers studied two nearby globular clusters, 47 Tucanae and Omega Centauri, searching for signals produced by annihilating…
Civilizations Don’t Even Need Space Ships to Migrate From Star System to Star System
In about 5 billion years, the Sun will leave the main sequence and become a red giant. It'll expand and…
Planets in Binary Systems Could be Habitable, But They’d Form Differently
Most of the stars in the Milky Way are single stars. But between one-third and one-half of them are binary…
A new Quantum Technique Could Enable Telescopes the Size of Planet Earth
A new technique that incorporates quantum techniques to interferometry could trigger another revolution in astronomy!
The Building Blocks for Supermassive Black Holes are Found in Dwarf Galaxies
We all know that a humongous black hole exists at the center of our galaxy. It's called Sagittarius A* (Sgr…
“Wind-Ruffled Waves, Foam and Wave Shadows, Above Natural Blue Seawater.” This is how we’ll Spot Exoplanets With Oceans
Our planet's oceans generate tell-tale light signatures when sunlight reflects off them. Exoplanets with significant ocean coverage may do the…
Solar Orbiter’s Pictures of the Sun are Every Bit as Dramatic as You Were Hoping
On March 26th, the ESA's Solar Orbiter made its closest approach to the Sun so far. It ventured inside Mercury's…
Update on the Potential May 31st tau Herculid Meteor Storm
If skies are clear, be sure to watch for a potential meteor outburst early next Tuesday morning.