Astronomy
2.46 Billion Years ago, a day on Earth was Only 17 Hours and the Moon was Much Closer
As the ages pass the Moon slowly drifts away from the Earth. In conjunction the length of our day gradually…
Hubble Examines the Wreckage From the 2017 Kilonova
A team of astrophysicists examined the site of the 2017 kilonova explosion and observed a rapidly-spinning disk and relativistic jets.
Planet Formation Doesn’t Have to be a Rush job After all
Astronomers believe that it can take 10 million years or more to build a planet like the Earth. But studies…
Shortly Before They Collided, two Black Holes Tangled Spacetime up Into Knots
An international team led from Cardiff University has confirmed that black hole binaries experience precession.
Uncontrolled Rocket Reentries are a Bigger Problem Than you Think
Over 60% of the launches in 2020 resulted in one or more rocket parts making an uncontrolled reentry into the…
TESS has Resumed Normal Operations
NASA has announced that TESS is back online and resumed normal operations!
Huge DART Success, JWST Sees Weird Rings, Moon’s True Origin
DART’s results are in and they exceed all expectations. The Moon might just be a big chunk of the Earth…
A Black Hole Burps out Material, Years After Feasting on a Star
When observing a black hole that devoured a star three years earlier, an international team of astronomers noticed it "burping"…
Webb Sees Organic Molecules in the Hearts of Galaxies, Surprisingly Close to Active Supermassive Black Holes
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched, one of its jobs was studying galactic formation and evolution. When we…
Success! DART Impact Shortened Asteroid’s Orbit Time by 32 Minutes
NASA says its DART spacecraft caused a larger-than-expected change in the path of its target asteroid when they collided two…