Astronomy
Messier 5 (M5) – The NGC 5904 Globular Cluster
In the late 18th century, Charles Messier was busy hunting for comets in the night sky, and noticed several “nebulous”…
Missing Matter Found! Fast Radio Bursts Confirm Cosmological Model
By measuring a fast radio burst (FRB) coming from space, a team of CSIRO scientists claims to have accounted for…
The Apus Constellation
Welcome back to Constellation Friday! Today, we will be dealing with the beautiful bird-of-paradise itself, the Apus constellation! The Southern…
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.