Astronomy
Cosmic Dawn Ended 1.1 Billion Years After the Big Bang
We're all familiar with the famous opening of the TV show "The Big Bang Theory". It's a song that begins…
Curiosity Sees Bizarre Spikes on Mars
A new picture taken by NASA's Curiosity rover has revealed something interesting - a pair of spikes protruding from the…
Astronomers Just Practiced What Would Happen if a Potentially Dangerous Asteroid was Detected
In and around our planet, there are thousands of comets and asteroids known as Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). Multiple space agencies…
First Images From JWST are Coming on July 12th
We're about to reach a milestone that many thought we would never reach. After years of wrangling, cost overruns, threats…
Hubble Sees a Surviving Companion Star After its Partner Went Supernova
When stars die they’re often not alone, and for the first time astronomers have found a companion to a supernova,…
The Early Solar System was Total Mayhem
There's no question that young solar systems are chaotic places. Cascading collisions defined our young Solar System as rocks, boulders,…
See All Naked Eye Planets This Month… in Order
June 2022 offers early risers the chance to trace out the naked eye planets, from Mercury to Saturn.
Astronomers Find 116,000 New Variable Stars
What do two guys from Ohio, the GAIA mission, a worldwide network of ground-based telescopes, machine learning, and citizen scientists…
A Pulsar has Been Found Turning so Slowly Astronomers Didn't Even Think it was Possible: Once Every 76 Seconds
Using the MeerKAT array, an international team of astronomers has detected a new class of radio-emitting neutron star!
The Stars in Other Galaxies are Generally Heavier Than the Milky Way’s Stars
How many of what kinds of stars live in other galaxies? It seems like a simple question, but it’s notoriously…