Astronomy
Just Some of the Planets That TESS Has Found Nearby
Using data from TESS and a number of other observatories, an international team has found a system with three exoplanets…
Did a Comet Wipe out the Dinosaurs?
About 66 million years ago a massive chunk of rock slammed into Earth in what is the modern-day Yucatan Peninsula.…
Following the Jovian Moons Through 2021 Mutual Eclipse Season
Watch as the Jovian moons perform a spectacular celestial dance in 2021.
We Could Find Extraterrestrial Civilizations by Their Air Pollution
Upcoming telescopes will give us more power to search for biosignatures on all the exoplanets we've found. Much of the…
This is What Happens to Spacecraft When They Re-Enter the Earth’s Atmosphere
When one of the Russian Progress resupply ships undocks from the International Space Station, timing is everything. The Progress needs…
A Cluster of Black Holes Found Inside a Globular Cluster of Stars
Globular clusters can be home to lots of stellar-mass black holes, rather than a single intermediate mass black hole.
ESA’s Solar Orbiter ‘Hides’ Behind the Sun
A deep-space mission is about to pull a ‘vanishing act,’ through mid-February, as the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter (affectionately…
The Crab Nebula Seen in 3-Dimensions
The Crab Nebula is arguably one of the most famous objects in the night sky. It was delineated as M1…
Possible Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone at Alpha Centauri
Astronomers using a new technique may have not only found a super-Earth at a neighbouring star, but they may also…
Super-Earth Conditions Simulated in the Lab to Discover if They’re Habitable
Researchers recently simulated what geological conditions would be like on Super-Earths, and found that a few known exoplanets are worth…