Why losing Arecibo is a big deal for astronomy0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 5, 2020
The giant radio telescope had special features that aren’t easily replaced
- Home
- space
space
After six years and 6bn km, Japan’s Hayabusa2 prepares to bring home cargo of asteroid dust0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 4, 2020
Japanese craft collected dust from the asteroid Ryugu that scientists hope could shed light on the origins of life
New Hubble data explains missing dark matter0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 4, 2020
The missing dark matter in certain galaxies can be explained by the effects of tidal disruption: the gravity forces of a neighboring massive galaxy, literally tearing the smaller galaxy apart.
Glaciers may answer a Martian mystery0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Space
- December 4, 2020
New study offers new theory on faint young Sun paradox.
NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 4, 2020
A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday.
Bright fireball seen blazing through daytime sky from Toronto0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 3, 2020
A sonic boom apparently accompanied this basketball-sized visitor from space.
December’s stunning Geminid meteor shower is born from a humble asteroid0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 3, 2020
How does a space rock make such an impressive display of shooting stars?
China successfully lands spacecraft on moon to retrieve lunar rocks0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 3, 2020
China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon’s surface on Tuesday in a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface samples, Chinese state media reported.
Astronomers spotted colliding neutron stars that may have formed a magnetar0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 3, 2020
A recent stellar flash may have signaled the birth of a highly magnetic, spinning stellar corpse
Black holes may not exist, but fuzzballs might, wild theory suggests0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 2, 2020
Black holes are, by far, the most mysterious objects in the universe. They are objects in the cosmos where all of our knowledge of physics completely breaks down.
Latest Posts
-
NASA’s Space Tech Prize
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 17, 2024
-
-
-
Top Authors
-
Carole Carle
CONTRIBUTOR
-
Heidi Hollis
CONTRIBUTOR
-
Claude Limberger
ADMINISTRATOR
-
Sid Goldberg
FORMER_PUBLISHER