Proposed Centaur Mission Could Catch Comets in the Act of Formation

By David Dickinson - October 28, 2021 09:41 AM UTC | Missions

A recent plan would send a Centaur mission to Jupiter's orbit and follow a comet through formation.

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A Mars Colony Could be a Hydrogen Factory, Providing Propellant for the Inner Solar System

By Andy Tomaswick - October 28, 2021 02:54 AM UTC | Space Exploration

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Early Earth was Pummeled 10x More Than Previously Estimated

By Andy Tomaswick - October 28, 2021 02:31 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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Researchers Use Ancient Literature to Track 3,000 Years of Auroras

By Evan Gough - October 27, 2021 07:07 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

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The Radio Signal From Proxima Centauri Came From Earth After All

By Matthew Cimone - October 27, 2021 05:09 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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This is How You Get Moons. An Earth-Sized World Just got Pummeled by Something Huge.

By Evan Gough - October 27, 2021 03:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Apparently, This Nebula Looks Like Godzilla. Do you see it?

By Nancy Atkinson - October 27, 2021 02:31 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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Artemis 1 Comes Together as the Orion Capsule is Stacked on Top of the Space Launch System

By Matthew Williams - October 26, 2021 10:31 PM UTC | Missions

The Artemis I rocket has been fully stacked is ready for the final tests before launch!

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A new Climate Model Suggests That Venus Never had Oceans

By Matthew Williams - October 25, 2021 11:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study has cast doubt on whether or not Venus ever had oceans, challenging the notion that it was once a potentially-habitable world.

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Primordial Gravitational Waves Continue to Elude Astronomers

By Brian Koberlein - October 23, 2021 12:30 PM UTC | Cosmology

New observations put further constraints on primordial gravitational waves, but still haven't found them yet.

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The Early Solar System Had a Gap Where the Asteroid Belt is Today

By Evan Gough - October 22, 2021 07:01 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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A map of River Beds on Titan for Dragonfly to Explore

By Andy Tomaswick - October 21, 2021 10:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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I Could Look at James Webb Unboxing Pictures all Day

By Matthew Williams - October 21, 2021 05:21 PM UTC | Telescopes

Crews at the Guyanese Space Center recently "unboxed" the James Webb Space Telescope and are now getting it ready for launch on Dec. 18th!

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Uh oh, one of Lucy's Solar Arrays Hasn't Latched Properly

By Andy Tomaswick - October 21, 2021 11:22 AM UTC | Missions

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Meteorites Found With Little Pieces of Other Stars

By Andy Tomaswick - October 21, 2021 11:10 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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There are 6x10^80 Bits of Information in the Observable Universe

By Matthew Williams - October 20, 2021 07:19 PM UTC | Cosmology

A new study based on Information Theory has produced the first estimate on just how much data is encoded in the cosmos (and it's a lot!)

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The Large Magellanic Cloud Stole one of its Globular Clusters

By Evan Gough - October 20, 2021 03:33 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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Lucy is off to Visit Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids

By Evan Gough - October 19, 2021 04:57 PM UTC | Missions

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Something Really Wants our Attention. One Object Released 1,652 Fast Radio Bursts in 47 Days

By Matthew Williams - October 19, 2021 04:09 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Researchers working with the 500-Meter FAST telescope in China reported 1,652 fast radio bursts in 47 days coming from a single source.

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What Are Your Options When you've Only Got Hours or Days to Prevent an Asteroid Impact?

By Evan Gough - October 19, 2021 01:53 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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