Astronomy
When Did Mars Lose its Global Magnetic Field?
New research using data from MAVEN shows that Mars had a magnetic field earlier and later in its history than…
More Pictures of Planet-Forming Disks Around Young Stars
Astronomy is advancing to the point where we can see planets forming around young stars. This was an unthinkable development…
Our Review of Stellina: a ‘Smart Telescope’ for 21st Century Astronomy
A new breed of smart telescopes is set to take users past these hurdles, and get them out under the…
In the far future, the universe will be mostly invisible
If you look out on the sky on a nice clear dark night, you'll see thousands of intense points of…
SpaceX Describes Exactly How They’re Planning to Make Starlink Satellites Less Visible From Earth
During the recent Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020, SpaceX shared its plans for mitigating light pollution with its…
Astronomers Can Actually See the Clouds and Weather on Brown Dwarf 6.5 Light-Years Away
Brown dwarfs are in a tough spot. Not quite a star, not quite a planet, they occupy a place between…
Astronomers Find a Planet With Three Times the Mass of Jupiter
Jupiter is the Boss. Well, in terms of planets in our Solar System it is. It's played a huge role…
The Sun is less active magnetically than other stars
While the Sun can be active, it is often quite a calm star. We now know it is unusually calm…
Want to Mine the Moon? Here’s a Detailed Map of all its Minerals
The USGS' Astrogeology Science Center has released a complete mineral map of the Moon, which the lunar mining crowd is…
Supermassive Black Hole Orbits an Even More Massive Black Hole, Crashing Through its Accretion Disk Every 12 Years
Recent observations by the now-retired Spitzer mission have led to accurate predictions OJ 287, a blazar that contains a supermassive…