Astronomy
Astronomy Jargon 101: Coma
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll be surrounded by today's topic: coma!…
Astronomy Jargon 101: Globular Clusters
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll feel a little old and red…
Exoplanet Found With a Highly Eccentric Orbit
Observations made by an international team of researchers has found a mini-Neptune with the most eccentric orbit of any planet…
Astronomy Jargon 101: Interstellar Medium
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll have a lot of time to…
Fast Radio Bursts can now be Tracked in Real-Time
Researchers from the University of McGill have developed a new system that will share CHIME data in real-time with observatories…
Astronomy Jargon 101: Ionosphere
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll find today's topic absolutely sizzling: the…
Astronomers Watch a Star Die and Then Explode as a Supernova
It's another first for astronomy. For the first time, a team of astronomers have imaged in real-time as a red…
Astronomy Jargon 101: Kirkwood Gaps
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll have to mind the space between…
Rings in the Early Solar System Kept our Planet From Becoming a Super-Earth
A team led by Rice University has created a new model of planetary formation that answer how the Solar System…
What is the Arecibo Message?
In 1974, the famous Arecibo Message was sent into space, humanity's first and only attempt at messaging extraterrestrial intelligence.