Astronomy
When Good Showers Turn Bad: The 2016 Leonids
The Leonid meteors are expected to peak on the night of Thursday, November 17th into the morning of Friday, November…
Carl Sagan’s Crazy Idea: Life Inside A Comet?
Space Habitat designs are enormous, high-tech structures. Carl Sagan had a different idea: comets as space habitats.
Detector With Real-time Alert Capability Waits Patiently For Supernova Neutrinos
Researchers at the Super-Kamiokande Observatory hope to be able to learn more about the elusive neutrino particle, thanks to a…
Princeton Team Directly Observes Planets Around Nearby Stars
A new instrument that took five years to build allows astronomers to capture and analyze the light reflecting off distant…
Was Physics Really Violated By EM Drive In “Leaked” NASA Paper?
The controversial EM Drive has received a potential shot in the arm, thanks to a "leaked" report which claims it…
Discovery Of A Nearby Super Earth With Only 5 Times Our Mass
An international team of researchers have found another planet orbiting a red dwarf; in this case, a small super-Earth less…
Preview: Comet 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková Brightens in December
Looking for a good binocular comet? Well, if luck is on our side, we should be getting our first looks…
Where Will President-Elect Trump Take American Space Endeavours?
With the election over, there are concerns over at NASA at how a Trump presidency might affect their research and…
November’s Supermoon 2016 – Closest of a Lifetime?
By now, you've heard the news. We'll spare you the "it's a bird, it's a plane..." routine to usher in…
What are Active Galactic Nuclei?
The center of large galaxies are active places, where supermassive black holes pump out an incredible amount of light and…