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A Nearby White Dwarf Might be About to Collapse Into a Neutron Star

By Matthew Williams - July 12, 2021 05:15 PM UTC | Stars
A white dwarf star has been found that's more massive than our Sun, but about the same size as our Moon. It's already revolutionizing what we know about these mysterious stellar objects.
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Using Saturn's Rings to Figure out What's Inside the Planet

By Paul Sutter - July 12, 2021 05:03 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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The Milky Way's Central bar Spin-Rate is Slowing Down Thanks to Dark Matter

By Paul Sutter - July 12, 2021 12:13 PM UTC | Milky Way
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Venus' Surface Tectonics is More Like Pack ice on Earth

By Andy Tomaswick - July 12, 2021 10:11 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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Richard Branson and Friends Reach the Edge of Space, and Lived to Tell About it!

By Matthew Williams - July 11, 2021 04:08 PM UTC | Space Exploration
Richard Branson just returned form the edge of space to announce that a new era of space exploration is upon us!
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Does Mercury Have a big Iron Core Because it's so Close to the Sun's Magnetic Field?

By Andy Tomaswick - July 11, 2021 09:03 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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Richard Branson will fly on SpaceShipTwo this weekend. Welcome to the New (Edge of) Space Race!

By Matthew Williams - July 10, 2021 03:52 PM UTC | Space Exploration
On Sunday, July 11th (weather permitting), Richard Branson will become the first billionaire to go to space, beating Jeff Bezos there by nine days!
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Satellite Images Can Help Predict When Underwater Volcanos are About to Erupt

By sjohnston - July 10, 2021 03:25 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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The Earth's Atmosphere is Storing Energy Twice as Quickly as it did 15 Years ago

By Andy Tomaswick - July 10, 2021 09:55 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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After British Columbia's Record-Breaking Heatwave, Here Come the Wildfires

By Matthew Williams - July 09, 2021 11:16 PM UTC | Planetary Science
NASA just released a series of satellite images that show the wildfires currently raging in British Columbia's interior.
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Wally Funk From the Mercury 13 Will be Joining Jeff Bezos on his Flight to the Edge of Space

By Matthew Williams - July 09, 2021 03:47 PM UTC | Space Exploration
Wally Funk, a pioneer in the field of aerospace and a member of the Mercury 13 program, will be accompanying Jeff Bezos to space this month!
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We Might Know why There's so Little Antimatter in the Universe

By Andy Tomaswick - July 09, 2021 02:59 PM UTC | Physics
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Chinese Astronauts Take Their First Spacewalk Outside the new Station

By Andy Tomaswick - July 09, 2021 12:35 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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There are Probably Many More Earth-Sized Worlds Than Previously Believed

By Matthew Williams - July 08, 2021 09:03 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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The Streetlights in an Entire County Were Swapped to LEDs. Light Pollution got Worse

By Andy Tomaswick - July 08, 2021 07:46 PM UTC | Site News
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Multiple Earth-Mass Rogue Planets Have Been Discovered Drifting Through the Milky Way

By Andy Tomaswick - July 08, 2021 07:26 PM UTC | Milky Way
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Cassini Saw Methane in Enceladus' Plumes. Scientists Don't Know How it Could be There Without Life

By Nancy Atkinson - July 08, 2021 12:42 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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Researchers Have Taught a Drone to Recognize and Hunt Down Meteorites Autonomously

By Nancy Atkinson - July 08, 2021 09:00 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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After Just 6 Weeks of Construction, Super Heavy is Built and Ready to Move

By Matthew Williams - July 07, 2021 04:12 PM UTC | Space Exploration
SpaceX just rolled its Super Heavy Booster prototype (B3) onto the test pad at Boca Chica, bringing the company closer to its first orbital test flight (expected later this year)
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The "Crisis in Cosmology" Might not be a Crisis After all

By Brian Koberlein - July 07, 2021 12:40 PM UTC | Cosmology
Our measurements of cosmic expansion might be better than we've thought. Maybe even good enough to make cosmic tension go away.
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