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As Expected, the Newly Upgraded LIGO is Finding a Black Hole Merger Every Week
The LIGO detector is back online after months of upgrades, and has made two new detections already!
Astronomers Catch a Superflare From a Puny Star
Astronomers recently spied a massive flare on a tiny diminutive star, a powerful, radiation spewing event that you wouldn't want…
Astronomers Think a Meteor Came from Outside the Solar System
When 'Oumuamua was first detected on October 19th, 2017, astronomers were understandably confused about the nature of this strange object.…
You Could Travel Through a Wormhole, but it’s Slower Than Going Through Space
A new study reveals that traveling through a wormhole may actually be possible, but don't count on it saving you…
The World’s Biggest Aircraft – the Rocket-Launching Stratolaunch – Completes its First Test Flight
Stratolaunch recently conducted the first test flight of its air-carrier plane, the largest and heaviest aircraft in the world.
Astro-Challenge: Spotting Slender Moons
Up for a challenge? Some of the toughest targets for a backyard observer involve little or no equipment at all.…
Soviet/Russian Space Missions
Our Guide to Space's official page on Soviet and Russian space missions
SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation Construction Begins. 2,200 Satellites Will go up Over the Next 5 years
Musk recently announced that SpaceX will begin deploying the first batch of its internet satellites next year and continuing until…
NASA Wants to Send a Low-Cost Mission to Explore Neptune’s Moon Triton
A team of researchers from NASA and the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) recently proposed a low-cost mission to explore…
The Closest Star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri, has a Planet in the Habitable Zone. Life Could be There Right Now
A new study by a team from the Carl Sagan institutes shows how life could survive the harsh radiation on…