Astronomy
China’s Mars Rover, Seen From Orbit … and From the Surface!
The Chinese Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover are being watched, both from Mars’ orbit and from the surface! The Chinese…
Sending a Spacecraft to Another Star Will Require a Million Lasers Working Together
New research from the Australia National University shows that millions of lasers are the way to propel Breakthrough Starshot on…
Time to Update Your Desktop Wallpaper With This Perfect Spiral Galaxy: NGC 691
That latest image from Hubble shows the NGC 691 spiral galaxy in all of it's glory!
Next up, Juno has Ganymede in its Sights
NASA's Juno mission is set for a close encounter with the Solar System's largest moon, Ganymede, on Monday. This will…
What Would It Take To See Artificial Lights at Proxima Centauri B?
Is there an alien civilization next door? It's...possible(ish). In late 2020, we discovered a signal from the direction of Proxima…
New Mosaic Shows the Galactic Core From Opposite Sides of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
NASA recently released a panoramic mosaic image that beautifully captures the mysterious and extremely energetic environment at the heart of…
Solar Horns at Sunrise: Our Guide to the June 10th Annular Solar Eclipse
The only annular eclipse of 2021 will produce a fine annular eclipse across most of North America and Europe.
NASA Orders Up a Double Shot of Venus Missions Amid Questions About Life
NASA's planetary science program is making a big bet on Venus, after decades of putting its chips on Mars in…
Is the Hubble constant not…Constant?
Cosmologists have been struggling to understand an apparent tension in their measurements of the present-day expansion rate of the universe,…
A Dark Matter map of our Local Cosmic Neighborhood
A new simulation by a team of astrophysicists has resulted in the most detailed 3D map of the cosmic web,…