Astronomy
Construction Tips from a Type 2 Engineer: Collaboration with Isaac Arthur
Fraser Cain and Isaac Arthur team up again to bring you another epic collaboration. This time, it’s construction tips from…
Astronomers Measure the Mass of a White Dwarf, and Prove Einstein was Right… Again
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of NASA astronomers has repeated an old experiment that was used to confirm…
At the Largest Scales, Our Milky Way Galaxy is in the Middle of Nowhere
A presentation at the June 6th AAS meeting confirms that our galaxy is inside an enormous cosmic void, the largest…
Even Calm Red Dwarf Stars Blast Their Planets with Mini-Flares, Destroying their Habitability
A study presented at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society this week has dealt another blow to the…
Summer Astronomy, Minimoon & Saturn Opposition 2017
There's one reason to stay up late this summer, as the planet Saturn reaches opposition this week on June 15th…
Reused SpaceX Dragon Supply Ship Arrives Space Station, Cygnus Departs, Falcon 9 Launch & Landing: Photos/Videos
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - The first ever reused Dragon supply ship successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS)…
We Finally Know why the Boomerang Nebula is Colder than Space Itself
New observations conducted a team of astronomers using the ALMA telescope have explained why the coldest object is so frigid!
How Big is Saturn?
Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System, so big that you could fit Earth inside it 763…
Messier 45 – The Pleiades Cluster
Located in the Taurus Constellation, between 390 and 456 light years from Earth, is the famous and easily-visible Pleiades Constellation.
NASA is Planning to Test Pulsars as Cosmic Navigation Beacons
The Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) is being deployed to the ISS, and promises to yield some impressive scientific…