Astronomy

The Most Distant Star Ever Seen, Only 4.4 Billion Years After the Big Bang

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers recently imaged the most distant star ever seen in a distant…

7 years ago

Simulated View of a Newly Forming Planetary System with Rings and Gaps

Using data from the ALMA array, a team of international astronomers was able to image a newly forming planetary system…

7 years ago

A New Extrasolar Planet Has The Composition of Mercury, but 2.5 Times the Mass of Earth

A team of international astronomers recently discovered a Super Earth with a similar composition of Mercury, and is several times…

7 years ago

Hubble Finds a Galaxy with Almost no Dark Matter

Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and other ground-based observatories, a team of astronomers have found a galaxy that…

7 years ago

Tabby’s Star is Dipping Again!

According to updates by Tabetha Boyajian and her team, it appears that Tabby's Star recently experienced another major dip in…

7 years ago

Tiangong 1 Falls, Blue Moon Rises and Mars Takes Aim At Saturn

Skywatchers have a busy weekend ahead. The Chinese space station is expected to burn up in the atmosphere, the Moon…

7 years ago

Try to Contain Your Surprise. James Webb is Getting Delayed to 2020

After being assessed by the Standing Review Board, NASA has announced that the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope's…

7 years ago

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Enjoys its 2000th Day on Mars

The Curiosity rover recently passed another major milestone. Since it landed in 2012, it has spent a total of 2000…

7 years ago

Wow, Elon Musk Just Deleted the Facebook Pages for SpaceX and Tesla

In response to the news of the Facebook data breach, SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk has chosen to delete…

7 years ago

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Will Touch the Sun — So Can You

Join NASA's most daring mission to the Sun by sending your name along for the ride on the Parker Solar…

7 years ago