Instability at the Beginning of the Solar System – Implications for Mysterious “Planet 9”
The Instability at the Beginning of the Solar System A new explanation for why our solar system is the way it is — and why…
The Instability at the Beginning of the Solar System A new explanation for why our solar system is the way it is — and why…
What Is a Habitable Zone? The Habitable Zone is the region around a star where the conditions could potentially be suitable to sustain life on…
If a person is lost in the wilderness, they have two options. They can search for civilization, or they could make themselves easy to spot…
Parallel ice ridges, a common feature on Jupiter’s moon Europa, are found on Greenland’s ice sheet – and could bode well for Europa’s potential habitability….
Two Roscosmos cosmonauts conducted a spacewalk to activate the new European Robotic Arm (ERA) less than a day after the SpaceX Crew-4 mission arrived at…
What Is Infrared Astronomy? Infrared astronomy is a branch of astronomy in which astronomers observe and analyze light from the Universe with wavelengths in the…
A worldwide team of astronomers studied archival Hubble Space Telescope observations of 25 hot Jupiters, allowing them to answer five unresolved questions important to our…
A multinational team of astronomers led by Benjamin Thomas of The University of Texas at Austin has used observations from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at…
Fire was not only important to human life in antiquity but still remains integral to our modern lives. It heats our homes and water, cooks…
On April 30, 2022, a partial solar eclipse will be visible in parts of South America, Antarctica, and the Pacific and Southern Oceans. On Saturday,…
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos concluded their spacewalk outside of the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday (April 28, 2022) at 6:40…
NASA’s Webb In Full Focus, Ready for Instrument Commissioning The alignment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After a full review, the…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to shoot video of one of Mars’ two moons, Phobos, eclipsing the Sun. It’s the most…
Loud fireball spotted over southern Mississippi mostly heard, hardly seen. A fiery meteor streaked across the morning skies in southern Mississippi yesterday, April 27, 2022….
Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos began Russian spacewalk 53 at 10:58 a.m. EDT to continue activating the new European…
The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now cooled by a gaseous helium cryocooler to under 7 kelvins (minus 447 degrees…
Photovoltaics may be more practical for long stays on Mars thanks to today’s light, flexible solar panels. According to new research by scientists at the…
For the past thirty years, astronomers have been fascinated with the star ß Pictoris because it allows them to observe a young planetary system in…