Astronomy

With a New Study that Offers an Alternative Explanation, a Planetary Scientist Puts the Mars Lake Theory on Ice

With a New Study that Offers an Alternative Explanation, a Planetary Scientist Puts the Mars Lake Theory on Ice

After dazzling radar reflections were observed and initially attributed to water, scientists have been debating what might lie beneath the Martian planet’s south polar cap…
Spacex Will Not Be Making Any More New Crew Dragon Capsules

Spacex Will Not Be Making Any More New Crew Dragon Capsules

According to Reuters, SpaceX will stop producing new Crew Dragons, the spaceship that transports men to and from the International Space Station, and instead focus…
CoRoT-7b – an Exoplanet

CoRoT-7b – an Exoplanet

CoRoT-7 b is an exoplanet that circles a K-type star. It has a mass of 4.07661 Earths, takes 0.9 days to complete one orbit around…
Meet the Micronova, a Small but Powerful New Type of Stellar Explosion

Meet the Micronova, a Small but Powerful New Type of Stellar Explosion

There are more ways for stars to burst than scientists previously thought, the most recent of which is known as a micronova. These little yet…
Watch Rocket Lab Send A Pair of Blacksky Satellites to Space

Watch Rocket Lab Send A Pair of Blacksky Satellites to Space

On Friday, Rocket Lab will launch its 25th mission using the Electron rocket, this time to launch two Earth-imaging satellites for BlackSky. The launch, Rocket…
Kepler-22b – an Exoplanet

Kepler-22b – an Exoplanet

Kepler-22b is an exoplanet that orbits the Sun-like star Kepler-22 within its habitable zone. It is a super-Earth that might be covered by a super-ocean.…
We Need To Probe Uranus, Scientists Urge

We Need To Probe Uranus, Scientists Urge

Uranus is the next stop. Within the next ten years, an important group of experts is suggesting that a space research mission to extensively investigate…
US Will No Longer Launch Anti-Satellite Missile Tests, Urges Other Nations to Ban Them

US Will No Longer Launch Anti-Satellite Missile Tests, Urges Other Nations to Ban Them

In a recent vow for space safety, US Vice President Kamala Harris declared the US will no longer undertake anti-satellite missile tests, calling them “hazardous”…
The Professor Who Wanted To Blow Up the Moon to Solve All of Life’s Problems

The Professor Who Wanted To Blow Up the Moon to Solve All of Life’s Problems

What would happen if we detonated a nuclear weapon on the Moon? It creates the tide and changes our tilt by dragging along oceans, but…
Watch a Mysterious “Flying Whirlpool” Whizz Through the Skies over Hawai’i

Watch a Mysterious “Flying Whirlpool” Whizz Through the Skies over Hawai’i

A weird “flying whirlpool” zooming across the night sky was photographed by the Subaru Telescope in Hawai’i over the weekend. Anyone gazing up would have…
Neptune’s New Thermal Maps reveal unexpected Temperature Swings

Neptune’s New Thermal Maps reveal unexpected Temperature Swings

Neptune is the most distant planet in our solar system, the eighth major planet from the Sun. The ice giant is more than 30 times…
EZ Aquarii – a Triple Star System

EZ Aquarii – a Triple Star System

EZ Aquarii is a Main Sequence Star. It is not part of the Aquarius constellation outline, but it is within the boundaries of the constellation.…
Load More