Astronomy
NASA’s New Asteroid Alert System Gives 5 Whole Days of Warning
NASA's Scout Program for the early detection of asteroids passed it's first test, giving us 5 days notice of 2016…
No, There Won’t Be 15 Days of Darkness in November. It’s Another Stupid Hoax.
Don't bother stocking up on candles. There won't be 15 days of darkness in November.
Either Stars are Strange, or There Are 234 Aliens Trying to Contact Us
Astronomers have found 234 stars that are acting suspiciously like signals sent by extra-terrestrials.
Hubble Images Three Debris Disks Around G-type Stars
A new study probes the circum-stellar disks structures (CDSs) around 3 Sun-like stars to try to better understand the structure…
Best Picture Yet Of Milky Way’s Formation 13.5 Billion Years Ago
A new study of the Milky Way galaxy reveals the ages of different parts of the galaxy, and tells the…
6 Million Years Ago The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Raged
Astrophysicists looking for the Milky Way's missing matter have found that our black hole was very active only 6 million…
New Dwarf Planet Discovered Beyond Neptune
A dwarf planet has been discovered beyond Neptune. It's about 700 km in size, and its orbit takes it 120…
Huge Plasma Tsunamis Hitting Earth Explains Third Van Allen Belt
A transient third Van Allen belt was first observed in 2013, and new research explains how it was formed.
Mysterious Greek Device Found To Be Astronomical Computer
A decade of high-tech scanning has confirmed that the Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient astronomical computer.
Take A Look Beneath Jupiter’s Clouds
A new radio-telescope image of Jupiter has revealed the rising plumes of ammonia that help shape Jupiter's clouds.