Astronomy
We Explored Pluto, Now Let’s Explore The Nearest Star!
With the recent milestone achieved by the New Horizons mission, many are contemplating what our next space exploration goal should…
Search Narrows For Planet Nine
US astronomers announced last month they may have found a ninth planet beyond Neptune, but conceded they had no idea…
The Future of Gravitational Wave Astronomy: Pulsar Webs, Space Interferometers and Everything
Now that Advanced LIGO has made the first direct detection of gravitational waves, what does the future of gravitational wave…
Your Favorite Planet May Soon Turn Up In The Mail
Pluto has been explored, and now the USPS has released new stamps to celebrate this accomplishment. And that's not all,…
The Definitive Guide To Terraforming
Where, why, and how should we terraform? What are the challenges, and is such a thing even possible with the…
Double Shadow Transit Season for the Jovian Moons Begins
Opposition season 2016 for Jupiter kicks off with a great series of double shadow transits of the Galilean Moons.
Messier 4 (M4) – The NGC 6121 Globular Cluster
During the late 18th century, Charles Messier began to notice that a series of “nebulous” objects in the night sky…
Does Antarctica Have A Hidden Layer Of Meteorites Below Its Surface?
A team of University of Manchester researchers proposes an intriguing answer to the puzzle of why we've found precious few…
The Antlia Constellation
The Antlia constellation. located in the southern hemisphere, is one of the more recently discovered members of the