Astronomy
Finally, the Missing Link in Planetary Formation!
A new study by an international team of scientists may be the "missing link" in our understanding of how planets…
Rise of the Super Telescopes: The Overwhelmingly Large Telescope
The Overwhelmingly Large Telescope is an 'almost telescope' that never got built. But the design and thinking behind it have…
Join the Eclipse MegaMovie 2017 Chronicling the August Total Solar Eclipse
Ready for the "Great American Eclipse?" We're now less than six months out from the long-anticipated total solar eclipse spanning…
Rise of the Super Telescopes: The Giant Magellan Telescope
The Giant Magellan Telescope is being built in Chile by a consortium of nations. It should see first light in…
The Cepheus Constellation
Located in the northern hemisphere is Cepheus, one of the 48 constellations included by Ptolemy in his classic work, The…
Ring of Fire: Catch the Only Annular Solar Eclipse of 2017 This Sunday
'Tis the season... eclipse season, that is, as an annular solar eclipse marks the end of the first cycle of…
Here’s an Aerial View of a Massive Iceberg Shearing away from Antarctica
Members of the British Antarctic Survey shot a video of the wide crack in the Antarctic Larsen Ice Sheet, which…
Huge News, Seven Earth-Sized Worlds Orbiting a Red Dwarf, Three in the Habitable Zone
In what is the biggest announcement in exoplanet-hunting history, NASA has announced the discovery of seven rocky exoplanets around a…
The Orbit of Venus. How Long is a Year on Venus?
As the second closest planet to our Sun, Venus takes 224.65 days to complete a single orbit around our Sun,…
United Arab Emirates Has a Plan to Colonize Mars with 600,000 People in 100 Years
During the 5th World Government Summit, the United Arab Emirates announced a bold plan to build a permanent settlement on…