Astronomy
Will Solar Cycle 25 Dazzle or Fizzle in 2021?
A new study suggests that Solar Cycle 25 may be more powerful than previously predicted.
The Mystery of Sunquakes is Deep; One Million Meters Deep!
The Sun, as it turns out, is a pretty big deal. The thermonuclear behemoth at the center of the solar…
There Should be a few Supernovae in the Milky Way Every Century, but we’ve Only Seen 5 in the Last 1000 Years. Why?
Our galaxy hosts supernovae explosions a few times every century, and yet it's been hundreds of years since the last…
Japan to Launch ‘Wooden Satellite’ in 2023
What a proposed wooden satellite could (and could not) accomplish.
Here’s the Asteroid Hayabusa2 is Going to be Visiting Next
Check out this image of asteroid 1998 KY26 from the Subaru Telescope. It's not exactly beautiful, but it's not intended…
Missing: Supermassive Black Hole With up to 100 BILLION Times the Mass of the Sun
The massive galaxy cluster Abell 2261 should have a supermassive black hole in its center. But it doesn't. Astronomers have…
Astronomers set a new Record and Find the Farthest Galaxy. Its Light Took 13.4 Billion Years to Reach us
Since time immemorial, philosophers and scholars have contemplated the beginning of time and even tried to determine when all things…
Astronomers Discover Hundreds of High-Velocity Stars, Many on Their Way Out of the Milky Way
Combining data from two of the largest databases in the world, an international team of astronomers was able to doubledthe…
Some of Hayabusa2’s Samples are as Big as a Centimeter
A fireball hurtled across the sky on December 5th – the sample return capsule from the Hayabusa2 asteroid mission by…
Astronomers Capture a Direct Image of a Brown Dwarf
The field of exoplanet photography is just getting underway, with astronomers around the world striving to capture clear images of…