Astronomy
You’ll Experience 200 Times More Radiation Standing on the Moon than Standing on the Earth
January 31, 2021, will mark 50 years since the launch of Apollo 14. This historic mission was the first to…
What’s Happening with Betelgeuse? Astronomers Propose a Specialized Telescope to Watch the Star Every Night
An international team of astronomers recommends creating "Betelgeuse Scope" to monitor this mysterious star find out why it has been…
The Most Comprehensive 3D Map of Galaxies Has Been Released
Using the largest survey ever conducted, a team of astronomers from the IfA have created the largest 3D catalog of…
BepiColombo Mercury Mission to Make First Venus Flyby Tonight
The Mercury-bound BepiColombo spacecraft will observe Venus during tonight’s pass, on the hunt for phosphine and sulfur-dioxide.
We’re Made of Starstuff. Especially From Extremely Massive Stars
A new study shows how massive young stars create the kind of organic molecules that are necessary for life. A…
Do Ripples on the Surface of the Sun tell us that a Flare is Coming?
Flares from the sun are some of the nastiest things in the solar system. When the sun flares, it belches…
An Exoplanet So Hot There Are 7 Different Kinds of Gaseous Metals in its Atmosphere
The search for exoplanets has revealed types of planets that are nothing like the worlds in our own Solar System.…
Comet P1 NEOWISE Makes a Brief Late October Appearance
The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) caught another intriguing object on August 2, 2020 as part of its…
How to See What’s on the Other Side of a Wormhole Without Actually Traveling Through it
Wormholes are incredibly fascinating objects, but also completely hypothetical. We simply don't know if they can truly exist in our…
Black Holes Make Complex Gravitational-Wave Chirps as They Merge
When black holes collide, they emit chirps of gravitational waves even after they have merged.