Astronomy
Detecting Exoplanets Through Their Exoauroras
A team of scientists from the Netherlands have proposed an exciting new approach for finding exoplanets: look for signs of…
Betelgeuse Is Brightening Again
After an usual period of dimming Betelgeuse is growing brighter. But no supernova yet.
Comet Y4 Atlas in Outburst: First Good Comet for 2020?
Good news: Though we’ve been going through a cometary dry spell as of late, we may have our first good…
A New Kind of Rocket that’s Lightweight and Easier to Construct: a Rotating Detonating Engine. Unfortunately, it’s Also Completely Unpredictable
A new type of engine - known as the rotating detonation engine - could revolutionize rocketry and make space exploration…
Solar Orbiter is Already Starting to Observe the Sun
The ESA's Solar Orbiter, which took to space over earlier this month, recently sent back its first batch of data…
SETI Researchers Release Petabytes of Data in the Search For Aliens
Breakthrough Listen, the most extensive SETI survey in history, has just made its second release of data, and its once…
Both Stars in This Binary System Have Accretion Disks Around Them
Stars exhibit all sorts of behaviors as they evolve. Small red dwarfs smolder for billions or even trillions of years.…
ESA is Considering a Mission to Give Advanced Warnings of Solar Storms
The Sun is not exactly placid, though it appears pretty peaceful in the quick glances we can steal with our…
There Could be Meteors Traveling at a Fraction of the Speed of Light When They Hit the Atmosphere
According to a new study by a pair of Harvard astrophysicists, it is possible that meteors traveling close to the…
War of the Worlds: Watch the Moon Occult Mars Tuesday Morning
Happen to have clear skies tomorrow morning and live in the western part of the United States? Then you may…