NEOWISE
A New Space Telescope will Map the Universe and Help Protect the Earth from Asteroids
Can we secure our place in the Solar System? Not in any absolute sense because nature can be very unpredictable.…
Astronomers See 18 Examples of Stars Getting Torn Apart by Black Holes
Black holes have always held a special fascination for me ever since I was a geeky kid looking up at…
Amateur Astronomers Found Planets Crashing Into Each Other
Astronomy is one of the sciences where amateurs make regular contributions. Over the years, members of the public have made…
NASA Provides a Timelapse Movie Showing How the Universe Changed Over 12 Years
The Universe is over 13 billion years old, so a 12-year slice of that time might seem uneventful. But a…
A Tiny Asteroid was Discovered Mere Hours Before it Crashed Into the Earth
Last week, a small asteroid was detected just two hours before it impacted Earth’s atmosphere. Luckily, it was only about…
The Real Science Behind the Movie “Don’t Look Up”
The new movie “Don’t Look Up” -- now available on Netflix -- is not your usual sci-fi disaster film. Instead,…
New All-Sky Map of the Milky Way’s Galactic Halo
The outer reaches of the Milky Way galaxy are a different place. Stars are much harder to come by, with…
Tales of Two Fall Comets: 88P Howell and M3 ATLAS
Two more comets worth scouting the sky for into November 2020.
Finally! We’ve got a comet that’s visible to the unaided eye. Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE
Look up! A rare naked-eye comet, C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), is now visible to the unaided eye. But act fast -…
This Summer’s Asteroid Near-Miss Helped Greenlight NASA’s NEOCam Mission to Search the Skies for Killer Spacerocks
Last July, a once-in-a-lifetime event happened. Not the good kind; the football-field-sized-asteroid near-miss kind. And that near miss is the…