Allen Versfeld
Are Titan's Dunes Made of Comet Dust?
A new theory suggests that Titan's majestic dune fields may have come from outer space. Researchers had always assumed that…
The Sound of an Interstellar Meteor Might Have Just Been a Rumbling Truck
A 2023 expedition to the Pacific Ocean, searching for debris from a suspected extraterrestrial object, may have been looking in…
Colliding Neutron Stars are the Ultimate Particle Accelerators
Gamma-ray telescopes observing neutron star collisions might be the key to identifying the composition of dark matter. One leading theory…
The Technique for Detecting Meteors Could be Used to Find Dark Matter Particles Entering the Atmosphere
Researchers from Ohio State University have come up with a novel method to detect dark matter, based on existing meteor-detecting…
Many Next-Generation Telescopes are Carried on Balloons. Here's What the Next Decade Holds in Balloon Astronomy
NASA's Balloon Program Analysis Group recently presented a roadmap to NASA, to guide them on how to plan and fund…
LICIACube Sends Home Images of the DART Impact and the Damage to Dimorphos
The Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging of Asteroids (LICIACube) has returned a series of close-up images of the asteroid Dimorphos,…
Stars Spiral Inward to the Cores of Stellar Nurseries
Astronomers studying a stellar cluster within the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) have found young stars spiraling in towards the center…
Traveling the Solar System with Pulsar Navigation
A team of researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have found a way for travelers through the Solar System…