Astronomy
When did the Sun Blow Away the Solar Nebula?
The story of our solar system's origin is pretty well known. It goes like this: the Sun began as a…
Most Outstanding Feature of the Solar System. It’s Not What You Think
Here's a hypothetical situation. Imagine we got visited by aliens who came from another star system. Not to conquer us…
30,000,000 km/h Star, Flex from the JWST Team, Mystery of Quasars Solved
In this week's breaking space news: CAPSTONE mission was lost and found again, James Webb gets another stunning image, Mars…
One Star Flies Past the Milky Way’s Black Hole at 3% the Speed of Light
There's a population of stars in the heart of our galaxy whipping around Sagittarius A* (the Milky Way's central supermassive…
It Would Take About 100 Billion Years for Another Star to Pass Close Enough to Make the Solar System Unstable
A new study by a team of Canadian researchers shows that our Solar System will not experience a close and…
Astronomer Working With Webb Said the new Images “Almost Brought him to Tears.” We’ll see Them on July 12th
The first images taken by James Webb will be released in a little more than a week! According to NASA,…
The United States announces a stop to testing Anti-Satellite Weapons
The United States Government has declared that it will no longer be performing tests of Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapons. In a…
Mystery Rocket Crash Site, ISS Independence, Space Nuclear Power
NASA teases JWST images, Rocket Lab launches CAPSTONE, mystery rocket's crash site found on the Moon, how magnetars are created,…
The Solar System is Stable for at Least the Next 100,000 Years
It’s nice to have a feel-good story every once in a while, so here’s one to hold off the existential…
Most Black Holes Spin Rapidly. This one… Doesn’t
A Chandra X-ray Observatory view of the supermassive black hole at the heart of quasar H1821+643. Courtesy NASA/CXC/Univ. of Cambridge/J.…