Astronomy
Elon Musk Reveals Further Plans to Colonize Mars and Make Aerospace Transit a Reality
At the International Astronautical Congress this week, Elon Musk revealed his plans to conduct missions to Mars and provide aerospace…
New Study Sheds Light on How Earth and Mars Formed
A new study by researchers from the University of Bristol has shed new light on how the planets like Earth…
LIGO and Virgo Observatories Detect Black Holes Colliding
The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors recently made the first simultaneous detection of gravitational waves, ushering in a new…
New Study Provides Explanation for Pluto’s Giant Blades of Ice
A new study by members of the New Horizons team has provided an explanation for Pluto's mysteries "bladed terrain".
Newly Discovered Star Cluster Analyzed by Gaia Probe
A new study by a team of international astronomers studies the newly-discovery Gaia 1 star cluster, resulting in new estimates…
Messier 57 – The Ring Nebula
Located about 2300 light-years from Earth, in the direction of the Lyra constellation, is the planetary nebula known as Messier…
Hubble Spots Unique Object in the Main Asteroid Belt
An international team of scientists recently used the Hubble space telescope to spot a unique binary asteroid that behaves like…
New Study Says a Fast Radio Burst Happens Every Second in the Universe
A new study by a team of researchers from the CfA argues that a Fast Radio Burst happens with every…
More Surface Ice on Mercury than Previously Thought, says New Study
A new study from Brown University reveals that there may be a lot more surface ice on Mercury than previously…
300 Asteroids to be Explored by a Fleet of Nanosatellites
Researchers are proposing a fleet of tiny electric sail powered satellites to explore over 300 separate objects in the asteroid…