Astronomy
Light Behaves Really Strangely Around a Black Hole
A new study led by Caltech researchers show that light can be reflected off of a black hole's disk by…
Astronomers Measure the Wind Speed on a Brown Dwarf for the First Time. Spoiler: Insanely Fast
In some ways, brown dwarfs are nature's stellar oddballs. A lot of stars exhibit strange behaviour at different times in…
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…