Researchers Generate an Entire Virtual Universe and Make it Available for Download (if you Have 100 Terabytes of Free Hard Drive Space)

By Brian Koberlein - September 12, 2021 10:17 AM UTC | Cosmology

You could fit an entire simulated universe in your pocket, if you have $40,000 to spare.

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In Addition to Gravitational Waves, is There any way to Detect Merging Black Holes

By Paul Sutter - September 12, 2021 06:08 AM UTC | Black Holes

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ALMA's new Receivers Will let it see Longer Wavelengths, Peering Closer to the Beginning of the Universe

By Paul Sutter - September 11, 2021 06:06 PM UTC | Cosmology

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Why are Rubble Pile Asteroids Shaped Like Diamonds?

By Evan Gough - September 10, 2021 07:22 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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There Should be More Material Left Over From Bombardment Eras. Maybe the Sun Blew it all Away?

By Paul Sutter - September 10, 2021 11:47 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

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Astronomers Create 3D Printed Nebulae

By Andy Tomaswick - September 10, 2021 09:13 AM UTC | Observing

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Perseverance Drills Another Hole, and This Time the Sample is Intact

By Matthew Williams - September 09, 2021 08:26 PM UTC | Planetary Science

After failing in its first try, the Perseverance rover just successfully obtained a rock sample from the Martian surface that will someday be brought back to Earth.

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White Dwarfs can Continue Burning Hydrogen, Even After They're Dead

By Paul Sutter - September 09, 2021 05:49 PM UTC | Stars

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Protoplanetary Disks Throw Out More Material Than Gets Turned Into Planets

By Evan Gough - September 09, 2021 04:58 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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Space Continues to be Hard. Firefly's Alpha Rocket Detonates Shortly After Launch

By Andy Tomaswick - September 08, 2021 11:38 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Ground-Based Observatories Could use Starshades to see Planets too

By Paul Sutter - September 08, 2021 05:49 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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This is a 3D-Printed Steel Floor Prototype for a Lunar Habitat

By Matthew Williams - September 08, 2021 04:43 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The ESA's has unveiled a key piece of their proposed lunar habitat, a 3D-printed steel floor frame.

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NASA has too Many Spacecraft to Communicate With. Time to Build More Dishes

By Andy Tomaswick - September 08, 2021 03:09 PM UTC | Missions

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Pencil December 18th (tentatively) into your calendar. That's when James Webb probably launches

By Nancy Atkinson - September 08, 2021 01:57 PM UTC | Missions

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What Formed the Strange Troughs on Vesta?

By Paul Sutter - September 08, 2021 10:32 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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A Flurry of Fall Binocular Comets

By David Dickinson - September 08, 2021 08:55 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Fall 2021 offers up an all-night parade of challenging telescopic comets.

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There are Natural Features on Mars That Could Serve as Radiation Shelters

By Evan Gough - September 07, 2021 07:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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A Black Hole or Neutron Star Fell Into Another Star and Triggered a Supernova

By Paul Sutter - September 07, 2021 06:14 PM UTC | Black Holes

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Here's Lake Mead's Record Low Water Levels Seen From Space

By Nancy Atkinson - September 07, 2021 03:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Many Sunlike Stars Gobbled up Some of Their Planets

By Paul Sutter - September 07, 2021 09:53 AM UTC | Stars

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