Planetary nurseries are far more varied and beautiful than we expected0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 12, 2018
Planets are basically just giant dust bunnies.
Planets are basically just giant dust bunnies.
Alpha Centauri, a three-star system just 4 light-years away that is the sun’s nearest neighbor, ought to be a great place to look for Earth-like planets. But last week, at a meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS) here, astronomers lamented the way the system has thwarted discovery efforts so far—and announced new efforts to probe it.
Okay, if you’ve got some spare time, check out this amazing website called Stuff in Space. It’s a simulation of every satellite (alive or dead), space station, and large piece of space junk orbiting the Earth right now.
Scientists waste countless hours navigating paywalls to access research papers, but major changes are underway
Here’s why dreams matter.
Later in 2018, two robotic probes, launched by NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will each reach separate asteroids.
New research finds potentially thousands of black holes orbiting within a few light-years of the galactic center.
Big or small, dense or empty, it’s one thing they all share.
The first experiment designed to demonstrate active space-debris removal in orbit has just reached the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule.
Intense radiation could strip away the ozone layer of Earth-like planets around other stars and render them uninhabitable, according to a new study.