Astronomy
Good News for Future Moon Bases. There’s Water Inside the Moon
A new study by a team from Brown University has revealed evidence of widespread water on the lunar surface, which…
Messier 51 – the Whirlpool Galaxy
Located between 19 and 27 million light-years away in the Canes Venatici constellation, is the famous Whirlpool Galaxy (aka. Messier…
Earth-Sized Planet Takes Just Four Hours to Orbit its Star
The Kepler space observatory has made some interesting finds since it began its mission back in March of 2009. Even…
Advanced Civilizations Could Build a Galactic Internet with Planetary Transits
In a recently published paper, Dr. Duncan Forgan proposed that alien civilizations could create a "galactic internet" by using artificial…
Hey Map Collectors, Here’s a New Map of Pluto!
Using data from the New Horizons spacecraft, the mission team has created some new maps of Pluto and its largest…
One. More. Month: Our Guide to the Total Solar Eclipse
Get ready for the August 21st total solar eclipse, with facts, maps and more!
Ancient Impacts Shaped the Structure of the Milky Way
According to a new study using data from the SDSS, ripples in the Milky Way's disk may be indications of…
Strange Radio Signals Detected from a Nearby Star
A recent survey conducted by the Arecibo Observatory detected a strange radio signal coming from Ross 128, a star system…
This is the One of the Largest Structures We Know of in the Universe
Using data from the Sloan Digitial Sky Survey, an Indian team of astronomers has discovered one of the largest cosmic…
Long After Humanity is Gone and the Sun Dies, the Water Bears Will be There
A new study from the University of Oxford has shown that long after humanity is gone, the tardigrade (aka. the…