Astronomy
Simulations of the Universe are Getting Better and Better at Matching Reality
How can you possibly use simulations to reconstruct the history of the entire universe using only a small sample of…
Gliese 486b is a Hellish World With Temperatures Above 700 Kelvin
The CARMENES consortium recently discovered a super-Earth just 21 light-years away that will be the perfect test case for exoplanets…
Dust in the Chixalub Crater Makes the Compelling Case That an Asteroid Wiped out the Dinosaurs 65 Million Years ago
For decades scientists have believed that an asteroid impact event ended the era of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.…
Space Missions are Building Up a Detailed Map of the Sun’s Magnetic Field
Solar physicists have been having a field day of late. A variety of missions have been staring at the sun…
NASA is Considering a Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon
The University of Colorado Boulder and Lunar Resources Inc. have just won NASA funding to study the possibility of building…
Another Big Iceberg Just Broke off from Antarctica
The ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite recently spotted an iceberg the size of New York City breaking off the Brunt Ice…
Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is Getting an Upgraded new Infrared Filter
The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope just received a new infrared filter that will allow it to explore even more of…
A New Study Says That Betelgeuse Won’t Be Exploding Any Time Soon
I have stood under Orion The Hunter on clear evenings willing its star Betelgeuse to explode. “C'mon, blow up!” In…
How Would Rain be Different on an Alien World?
A new study takes a look at possible rainfall patterns on exoplanets, which could help narrow the search for extraterrestrial…
The Mars Helicopter Could Charge up the Atmosphere Around Itself as it Flies
Plasma globes are a common enough sight in retails stores across the rich world. If you’ve ever seen one and…