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Eta Carinae is Getting Brighter Because a Dust Cloud was Blocking our View
A new study by an international team reveals that Eta Carinae will soon be so bright that we won't be able to see its famous nebula anymore.
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Oumuamua Could be the Fragment of a Disintegrated Interstellar Comet
NASA used Curiosity's Sensors to Measure the Gravity of a Mountain on Mars
Astronomers Process Hubble's Deepest Image to get Even More Data, and Show that Some Galaxies are Twice as big as Previously Believed
Newborn Stars in the Orion Nebula Prevent Other Stars from Forming
Uh oh, a Recent Study Suggests that Dark Energy's Strength is Increasing
When Does the Sun Rise... Really?
It's strange but true... we may not fully understand one of the simplest metrics in observational astronomy: just what time does the Sun rise... really?
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Weekly Space Hangout: Jan 30, 2019: Rod Pyle talks "Space 2.0"
Crew Dragon Rolls Out to the Launch Pad. Demo-1 Flight Should Happen Shortly
One of the Oldest Earth Rocks Turned up on the Moon, of all Places
A recent study has determined that the oldest sample of Earth rock ever discovered (~4 billion years old) was actually found on the Moon.
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Carnival of Space #596
Tiny Object Found at the Edge of the Solar System for the First Time. A Kuiper Belt Object that's Only 2.6 km Across
Astronomers are Continuing to Watch the Shockwaves Expand from Supernova SN1987A, as they Crash Into the Surrounding Interstellar Medium
An international team of researchers was able to accurately measure the effect that a supernova shock wave had on the surrounding gas for the first time.
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Without the Impact that Formed the Moon, We Might Not Have Life on Earth
Here it is, the high resolution photo of MU69 we've all been waiting for.
A newly-processed image of Ultima Thule provides the highest-resolution picture of the object to date.
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 515: Space Radiation
Quasars with a Double-Image Gravitational Lens Could Help Finally Figure out how Fast the Universe is Expanding
What Would be the Benefits of an Interstellar Probe?
A new study from the Initiative for Interstellar Studies outlines the benefits and requirements of sending a probe on an interstellar mission.
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A Planetary Nebula Like This Will Only be Visible for About 10,000 Years Before it Fades Away
Blue Origin has Shown off a New Video of its New Glenn Rocket Design
Blue Origin has released a new video of its proposed New Glenn launch vehicle, which will allow the company to send heavy payloads to space in the near future.
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One of Our Best Views of the Supermassive Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way
SpaceX Starhopper Damaged in High Winds
Weekly Space Hangout: Jan 23, 2019: Marco Parigi, Asteroid/Comet Whisperer
A Disc of Icy Material, not Planet 9, Might Explain the Strange Movements in the Outer Solar System
Amazing Images From Sunday's Total Lunar Eclipse as Observers Spy Impact Flash
Planetary Scientists Continue to Puzzle Over the Mysterious Slope Streaks on Mars. Liquid? Sand? What's Causing Them?
New research indicates what could be causing those mysterious slope streaks on Mars, using an Earth analog.
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Saturn's Rings are Only 10 to 100 Million Years Old
Carnival of Space #595
Astronomy Cast Ep. 514: Planetary Protection Protocols
Messier 77 - the Cetus A Barred Spiral Galaxy
Located 47 million light years from Earth in the Cetus constellation is the barred spiral galaxy known as Messier 77.
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Steam-Powered Spacecraft Could Explore the Asteroid Belt Forever, Refueling Itself in Space
A partnership between Honeybee Robotics and the University of Central Florida has produced the first steam-powered spacecraft for asteroid mining.
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Geothermal Heating Could Make Life Possible on the Super Earth Planet at Barnard's Star
Seeding the Milky Way with Life Using Genesis Missions
Claudius Gros, the founder of Project Genesis, makes the case that when it comes to extrasolar planets, the rules of planetary protection need not apply.
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Cassini Saw Rain Falling at Titan's North Pole
Astronomers Aren't Pleased About a Russian Plan to Put Billboards in Space
Weekly Space Hangout: Jan 16, 2019: Paul MacNeal of JPL's Annual Invention Challenge
There's Life on the Moon! China's Lander Just Sprouted the First Plants
The Chang'e-4 mission accomplished another first by being the first mission to grow plant life on the Moon. Unfortunately, the experiment was short-lived.
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The Prototype for the Starship has been Assembled, Hop Tests Could be Happening Soon
Jupiter Meets Venus at Dawn in a Close Conjunction
Titan's Thick Clouds Obscure our View, but Cassini Took these Images in Infrared, Showing the Moon's Surface Features
A New Technique to Figure Out How Old Stars Are
Bizarre Double Star System Flipped its Planetary Disk on its Side
An international research team recently found a binary star system with a debris disk that orbits around their poles.
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Incredible Descent Video of the Chinese Lander to the Lunar Far Side
Habitable Planets Around Red Dwarf Stars Might not get Enough Photons to Support Plant Life
A new study shows that planets orbiting red dwarf stars may not get enough radiation to support photosynthesis.
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Messier 76 - the NGC 650/651 Planetary Nebula
Located in the Perseus constellation, about 2,500 light years from Earth, is the planetary nebula known as Messier 76.
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Astronomers See the Exact Moment a Supernova Turned into a Black Hole (or Neutron Star)
Astronomy Cast Ep. 513: Stellar Fusion
Neutrino Telescopes Look Deep in the Earth and Deep into Space
Neutrino telescopes are another kind of telescope to go alongside telescopes for visible light, x-rays, infrared, ultraviolet, microwave, radio, gamma ray and gravity waves.
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Giant Streak Structure Found in Venus' Cloudtops
