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Gamma-ray Bursts can Help Astronomers Measure Vast Distances Across the Universe

By Brian Koberlein - July 23, 2022 12:53 PM UTC | Cosmology

Some gamma ray bursts could be used as standard candles and allow astronomers to measure Hubble's constant at greater distances than ever before.

SLS Launch Date, Falcon Heavy Gets Flagship NASA Telescope, Dormant Black Hole

By Anton Pozdnyakov - July 23, 2022 10:36 AM UTC | Missions

Astronomers Have a New Way to Find Exoplanets in Cataclysmic Binary Systems

By Evan Gough - July 22, 2022 03:43 PM UTC | Exoplanets

JWST Sees the Most Distant Galaxy Ever, Just 300 Million Years After the Big Bang

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - July 21, 2022 11:34 PM UTC | Cosmology

Japanese Researchers Show how Microgravity Affects Astronauts' Muscles and Nerves

By Matthew Williams - July 21, 2022 03:33 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A new study by a Japanese research team shows that long term exposure to microgravity not only affect muscles and bones, but nerves.

Gravitational Wave Telescopes Could Detect Clumps of Dark Matter Drifting Through the Solar System

By Paul Sutter - July 21, 2022 03:09 PM UTC | Physics

Here's M74 Like You've Never Seen it Before, Thanks to Judy Schmidt and JWST

By Evan Gough - July 21, 2022 12:53 PM UTC | Extragalactic

An Ambitious Plan to Find Earth 2.0

By Andy Tomaswick - July 21, 2022 12:05 AM UTC | Exoplanets

A Dormant Black Hole has Been Discovered Just Outside the Milky Way

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - July 20, 2022 11:41 PM UTC | Black Holes

You can see Where JWST Took a Direct hit From a Micrometeorite on one of its Mirrors

By Matthew Williams - July 20, 2022 02:39 PM UTC | Telescopes

A recently-released report examines the James Webb Space Telescope's performance and discusses the micrometeoroid impacts that could threaten the mission

Uh Oh, NASA is Reviewing Psyche and May Terminate the Mission

By Evan Gough - July 20, 2022 01:48 PM UTC | Missions

Earth has Clouds of Water. Hot Exoplanets Have Clouds of Sand

By Paul Sutter - July 20, 2022 09:47 AM UTC | Exoplanets

We Finally Know Where the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays are Coming From: Blazars

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - July 20, 2022 12:21 AM UTC | Extragalactic

The Gravitational Constant is Tricky to pin Down Accurately. Here's a new way to Measure it

By Paul Sutter - July 19, 2022 10:25 PM UTC | Physics

We'll be Building Self-Replicating Probes to Explore the Milky Way Sooner Than you Think. Why Haven't ETIs?

By Evan Gough - July 19, 2022 05:43 PM UTC | Milky Way

Betelgeuse and Antares Have Been Observed for Over 2,000 Years. Astronomers can use This to Figure out how old They are

By Scott Johnston - July 18, 2022 11:34 PM UTC | Stars

A Mission Concept to fly a Solar Neutrino Detector Close to the Sun

By Paul Sutter - July 18, 2022 10:09 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

A New Method for Making Graphene has an Awesome Application: A Space Elevator!

By Matthew Williams - July 18, 2022 06:41 PM UTC | Space Exploration

At the upcoming 2022 IAC, the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) will present a paper that shows how graphene could lead to a Space Elevator!

Dmitry Rogozin is no Longer the Head of Roscosmos

By Matthew Williams - July 18, 2022 06:16 PM UTC | Space Policy

According to recent reports, the inflammatary and blusterous Dimtry Rogozin has been replaced as head of Roscosmos.

Two Spacecraft Could Work Together to Capture an Asteroid and Bring it Close to Earth for Mining

By Evan Gough - July 18, 2022 04:00 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Weird String-Like Object Found on Mars, Probably Dropped by the Rover

By Nancy Atkinson - July 18, 2022 02:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new Record for the Strongest Magnetic Field Seen in the Universe: 1.6 Billion Tesla

By Paul Sutter - July 17, 2022 04:18 PM UTC | Physics

Booster 7's BOOM, Nuclear Mission to Neptune, More JWST Images

By Anton Pozdnyakov - July 15, 2022 07:39 PM UTC | Missions

These Ancient Microbes Give a Glimpse of What Extraterrestrial Life Might Look Like

By Evan Gough - July 15, 2022 03:57 PM UTC | Astrobiology

JWST Also Looked Inside the Solar System, at Jupiter and its Moons

By Nancy Atkinson - July 15, 2022 02:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

To get Artificial Gravity on the Moon, you'd Need a Giant Rotating Lunar Base

By Matthew Williams - July 15, 2022 01:41 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Kyoto University and one of Japan's largest construction companies are collaborating on a study for a "Lunagrass" rotating lunar base!

The Earliest Galaxies Rotated Slowly, Revving up Over Billions of Years

By Paul Sutter - July 15, 2022 07:02 AM UTC | Extragalactic

A New Instrument is Going to the ISS to Study the Climate Impact of Dust in Earth's Upper Atmosphere

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - July 14, 2022 11:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Here are the Locations in the sky for the First JWST Images

By Matthew Williams - July 14, 2022 06:47 PM UTC | Telescopes

A "NASA/JPL ambassador" created a map that shows where the objects shown in the James Webb's first images are within (or in relation to) the Milky Way.