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Two Spacecraft Will Get Closer to the Sun Than Ever Before

25 May , 2018 by

Two upcoming missions – NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and the ESA’s Solar Orbiter – will get closer to the Sun than ever before in the hopes of unlocking its secrets.

Uh oh, the EMDrive Could be Getting Its “Thrust” From Cables and Earth’s Magnetic Field

24 May , 2018 by

After conducting their own tests on the EM Drive, a team from UT Dresden reported that any thrust coming from the engine might be due to interaction with Earth’s magnetic field.

Oumuamua was Just the Beginning. Astronomers Find an Interstellar Asteroid Orbiting Retrograde near Jupiter.

23 May , 2018 by

A new study by a pair of astronomers has indicated that near Jupiter, there is an interstellar asteroid that has been there since the early days of the Solar System.

The Ant Nebula Actually has Intense Laser Emissions Coming From its Core

23 May , 2018 by

A team of astronomers, using the Herschel Observatory, recently observed a series of laser emissions coming from the ant nebula.

Weekly Space Hangout: May 23, 2018: Mike Massimino and Nat Geo’s ONE STRANGE ROCK

22 May , 2018 by

Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org) Special Guests: This week, we are extremely excited to welcome former NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino back to the Weekly Space Hangout in a segment he pre-recorded with […]

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Are We Headed Towards Another Deep Solar Minimum?

22 May , 2018 by

Have you been keeping an eye on Sol lately? One of the top astronomy stories for 2018 may be what’s not happening, and how inactive our host star has become.
Carnival of Space. Image by Jason Major.

Carnival of Space #562

21 May , 2018 by

This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by me at the CosmoQuest blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space #562

The Pressure Inside Every Proton is 10x That Inside Neutron Stars

20 May , 2018 by

According to a new study from the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, the pressure at the center of a proton is one-hundred times greater than at the core of a neutron star!

NASA Cubesat Takes a Picture of the Earth and Moon

18 May , 2018 by

NASA’s MarCO Cubesats, which are currently on their way to Mars with the InSight Lander, recently snapped a “pale blue dot” photo of Earth and the Moon.

Are Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Coming From the Collapse of Strange Star Crusts?

17 May , 2018 by

According to a new study by a team of Chinese astronomers, fast radio bursts (FRBs) could be caused by the collapse of normal matter-crusts around “strange stars”.

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