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Review: Galileo and the Science Deniers by Mario Livio
So, you think you know Galileo? A new book out from Simon and Schuster publishing looks at the life and…
When Did Mars Lose its Global Magnetic Field?
New research using data from MAVEN shows that Mars had a magnetic field earlier and later in its history than…
Our Review of Stellina: a ‘Smart Telescope’ for 21st Century Astronomy
A new breed of smart telescopes is set to take users past these hurdles, and get them out under the…
SpaceX Describes Exactly How They’re Planning to Make Starlink Satellites Less Visible From Earth
During the recent Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020, SpaceX shared its plans for mitigating light pollution with its…
Want to Mine the Moon? Here’s a Detailed Map of all its Minerals
The USGS' Astrogeology Science Center has released a complete mineral map of the Moon, which the lunar mining crowd is…
Supermassive Black Hole Orbits an Even More Massive Black Hole, Crashing Through its Accretion Disk Every 12 Years
Recent observations by the now-retired Spitzer mission have led to accurate predictions OJ 287, a blazar that contains a supermassive…
The Companies Taking NASA Back to the Moon in 2024: Blue Origin, SpaceX and Dynetics
NASA recently announced the three companies that will be building lunar landing systems to take astronauts back to the Moon…
You’re Looking at Spiral Galaxies, Already Forming When the Universe was Just a Baby
The ALPINE survey recently observed 118 galaxies dated to just 1-1.5 billion years ago, and found that the early galaxies…
Fomalhaut’s Planet Has Gone Missing, But it Might Have Been Something Even More Interesting
Ongoing observations of the Fomalhaut system using Hubble data has revealed that the mysterious "disappearing" exoplanet may not have been…
Now This is Progress! Starship Passes its Cryogenic Test and Doesn’t Explode
The fourth Starship prototype (SN4) achieved a crucial milestone this weekend by passing the cryogenic load test - the same…