Astronomy
Wheels and Helicopter Attached to Perseverance Rover
The Perseverance rover was recently integrated with its wheels and Mars Helicopter, as part of its final preparations before launch…
Comet Y4 ATLAS Breaks Up…Enter Comet F8 SWAN
When it comes to comets, the only thing that is certain is the orbit. Though the cosmos has yet to…
When Comets Break Up, the Fragments Can Be Devastating If They Hit the Earth
Comet breakups are a timely topic right now. The interstellar comet 2I/Borisov just broke into at least two pieces. And…
NASA’s Plans For a Lunar Base Camp
In a recent report submitted to the National Space Council, NASA has detailed its plans for building a lunar base…
Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Appears to Have Broken in Half
In 2019, amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov discovered a comet, which now bears his name. There's a long history of amateur…
How Did the TRAPPIST-1 Planets Get Their Water?
A new study by an international team of astronomers raises questions about the existence of debris belts around red dwarf…
Study Finds Bizarre Exoplanet Orbits for Binary Stars
There’s an iconic scene in the original Star Wars movie where Luke Skywalker looks out over the desert landscape of…
WFIRST Will Use Relativity to Find More Exoplanets!
When it deploys in 2025, NASA's WFIRST mission will rely on the gravitational microlensing technique to locate exoplanets near the…
Astronomers Watched a Star System Die
About 570 light years from Earth lies WD 1145+017, a white dwarf star. In many respects it's a typical white…
How the World’s Biggest Radio Telescope Could be Used to Search for Aliens
In the coming years, China's FAST radio telescope could join in the hunt for extraterrestrials thanks to a partnership with…