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Carnival of Space #604

By Susie Murph - March 26, 2019 04:36 PM UTC | Site News

Asteroid Bennu has Already Thrown Material off into Space 11 Times Since OSIRIS-REx Arrived

By Matthew Williams - March 25, 2019 06:55 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The OSIRIS-REx mission has revealed some interesting things about the asteroid Bennu, which includes the 11 plumes it witnessed in the past 3 months.

Ep. 523: Judging Age & Origins, Pt. 2 Across the Solar System

By Susie Murph - March 25, 2019 04:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Messier 82 - the Cigar Galaxy

By tammy-plotner - March 25, 2019 03:45 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Located in the vicinity Ursa Major constellation, roughly 12 million light years from Earth, is the starburst galaxy known as the Messier 82 (aka. the Cigar Galaxy).

Pulsar Seen Speeding Away From the Supernova That Created it

By Matthew Williams - March 22, 2019 03:55 PM UTC | Stars

Recent observations have revealed a pulsar that appears to have been accelerated by the very supernova explosion that created it.

LIGO Just Got a Big Upgrade, Will Begin Searching for Gravitational Waves Again on April 1st

By Matthew Williams - March 20, 2019 03:53 PM UTC | Physics

After undergoing upgrades, the LIGO observatory will be going back online this April, with "almost daily" detections of gravitational wave events expected.

The Incredible Challenge of Landing Heavy Payloads On Mars

By Fraser Cain - March 20, 2019 03:36 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Weekly Space Hangout: March 20, 2019 - Dr. Michael Zemcov of NASA's SPHEREx Mission

By Susie Murph - March 20, 2019 01:44 PM UTC | Site News

Six People Have Begun a 122-Day Simulated Mission on the Moon

By Matthew Williams - March 19, 2019 05:37 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The SIRIUS-19 experiment recently kicked off, with six cosmonauts entering a simulated lunar environment (where they will spend the next 122 days conducting experiments).

Almost 13,000 Years Ago, a Comet Impact Set Everything on Fire

By Matthew Williams - March 19, 2019 02:50 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new discovery in South America has added further weight to the Young Dryas Impact theory, which states that a sudden shift in its climate 12,800 years ago was due to a comet hitting Earth.

SpaceX Tests the Starship's Hexagonal Heatshield. Starhopper Tests Could Come as Early as This Week

By Evan Gough - March 19, 2019 02:38 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Spot Failed Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 in Earth Orbit

By David Dickinson - March 19, 2019 11:38 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Messier 81 - the Bode Galaxy

By tammy-plotner - March 18, 2019 07:30 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Astronomy Cast Bonus Episode: Dust with Dr. Paul Sutter

By Susie Murph - March 18, 2019 06:32 PM UTC | Cosmology

Astronomy Cast Ep. 522: Judging Age & Origins, part 1 - Earth Rocks

By Susie Murph - March 18, 2019 04:51 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Carnival of Space #603

By Susie Murph - March 18, 2019 02:54 PM UTC | Site News

Which Habitable Zones are the Best to Actually Search for Life?

By Matthew Williams - March 16, 2019 10:12 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A new study conducted by an international team of scientists examines what the term "habitable zone" means and how next-generation telescopes will test our assumptions.

SLS Rocket Promises To Do Better

By smanley - March 15, 2019 10:57 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The SLS rocket found its future launch manifest severely curtailed in a new budget request. This leaves the long overdue rocket with uncertain long term prospects.

Progress for the Skylon. Europe agrees to continue working on the air-breathing SABRE engine

By Matthew Williams - March 15, 2019 06:03 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The ESA and Reaction Engines recently took another step towards the realization of the hypersonic SABRE engine.

Do You See the "Cosmic Bat" in NGC 1788?

By Evan Gough - March 15, 2019 05:12 PM UTC | Extragalactic