Astronomy
What is a Planet?
The concept of a planet has evolved considerably over time, thanks to ongoing discoveries and refinements in the field of…
Messier 33 – The Triangulum Galaxy
Located in the Triangulum constellation, about 3 million light-years from Earth, is the Triangulum Galaxy (aka. Messier 33).
A Proposal For Juno To Observe The Volcanoes Of Io
Two Boston University researchers propose a plan for NASA's Juno probe to remotely study Io's volcanic eruptions.
Harvard Physicist Creates Metallic Hydrogen Using Diamond Vise
According to a study by two Harvard researchers, they have succeeded in creating metallic hydrogen for the first time in…
Four Planet System Directly Imaged In Motion
Jason Wang, a graduate student from UC Berkeley, has created a video that captures the peculiar orbits of gas giants…
Space Jellyfish Show Types Of Pulsar Wind Nebulas
A series of studies based on data obtained from Chandra X-ray observatory may held shed light on the mysteries of…
Carl Sagan’s Theory Of Early Mars Warming Gets New Attention
Carl Sagan hit on the idea 40 years ago. Now, a team of scientists have discovered that a trifecta of…
A Farewell to Plutoshine
Sometimes, its not the eye candy aspect of the image, but what it represents. A recent image of Pluto's large…
Rogue NASA, EPA, NPS Twitter Accounts Launched to Protest Trump Directives
Rogue sites protesting the Trump team's new guidelines for federal agencies are popping up everywhere.
NASA Webb Telescope Resumes Rigorous Vibration Qualification Tests
Engineers have resumed a series of critical and rigorous vibration qualification tests on NASA’s mammoth James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)…