Astronomy
What is Uranus Named After?
Uranus was named in honor of the father of Cronos in Greek mythology, befitting its place in the Solar System…
Catch Comet 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák At Its Best
Miss out on comet 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková? Is Comet 2P Encke too low in the dawn sky for your current latitude?…
A Family Of Stars Torn Apart
The Hubble has looked inside the Orion Nebula to witness a family of stars breaking up.
TRAPPIST 1: An Evening With Fraser Cain
Join Fraser Cain at Forbidden Brewing to talk about the TRAPPIST 1 system.
Last Look At Mimas For A Long Time
The Cassini probe recently snapped its last up-close imagines of Saturn's moon Mimas, which were used to create some impressive…
Zero2Infinity Successfully Test Launches Its Bloostar Prototype
The private aerospace company Zero2Infinity reached a milestone this month with the successful test of their Bloostar launch system.
Russia Recruiting For Its Moon Bound Cosmonauts
The Russian federal space agency (Roscosmos) has announced that it is seeking new recruits to become the next-generation of cosmonauts.
How Far is Venus From the Sun?
In addition to be the second closet planet to our Sun, Venus also has the most circular orbit - varying…
NASA Brings Trappist-1 Into Focus… Kinda Sorta
NASA recently announced the release of raw, uncalibrated data of the TRAPPIST-1 star system, which was collected by the Kepler…
Trump’s NASA Authorization Act In All Its Glory
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 has set aside funding for NASA's proposed mission to…