Astronomy
By Jove: Jupiter at Opposition for 2018
It's a question I've fielded lots this weekend leading up to last night's April Pink Full Moon, and one I…
Dream About the Future of Big Telescopes; Monster Space Telescopes That Could Fly by the 2030s
At the recent 2020 Decadal Survey for Astrophysics, four next-generation space telescopes were selected for future development
Thanks to a Massive Release from Gaia, we now Know Where 1.7 BILLION Stars are in the Milky Way
Thanks to the second release of Gaia data, we now know the positions, distances and motions of 1.7 billion stars…
Asteroids Smack Jupiter More Often Than Astronomers Thought
Are you keeping a eye on Jupiter? The King of the Planets, Jove presents a swirling upper atmosphere full of…
How Many Planets is TESS Going to Find?
According to a new study, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is estimated to find over 4000 planets during its first…
I Can’t Stop Watching This Amazing Animation from Comet 67P
Using images taken by the Rosetta spacecraft, a twitter user created a stunning video that shows what it is like…
Facial Recognition Deep Learning Software is Surprisingly Good at Identifying Galaxies Too
An international team of astronomers recently used deep learning to identify patterns in images of galaxies taken by the Hubble…
If We’re Searching for Earth 2.0, Would We Know It When We Find It?
In a new paper, two professors consider what we have learned from studying Earth from space, and how this might…
The DARKNESS Instrument Will Block Stars and Reveal Their Planets. 100 Million Times Fainter than the Star
An international team of scientists has developed the DARKNESS camera, which will allow astronomers to directly study planets around nearby…
The NewSpace Revolution is About to Bring us Tiny Space Telescopes we can all Control
Next year, Randy Chung and Sean League of Space Fab will be launching the world's first space telescope that will…