Video Archive
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 22, 2019
It is a well-known astronomical convention that Earth has only one natural satellite, which is known (somewhat uncreatively) as “the Moon”. However, astronomers have known for a little over a decade that Earth also has a population of what are known as “transient Moons”. These are a subset of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) that are temporarily scooped up by Earth’s gravity and assume orbits around our planet.
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- From Around the Web, Space
- September 3, 2019
How are black holes born? Astrophysicists have theories, but we don’t actually know for certain. It could be massive stars quietly imploding with a floompf, or perhaps black holes are born in the explosions of colossal supernovas. New observations now indicate it might indeed be the latter.
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- From Around the Web, Space
- January 31, 2020
Last night, Jan. 30th around 10:30 pm PST, a spectacular fireball crawled across the skies of southern California.
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- From Around the Web, Space
- February 15, 2020
The nearby red supergiant has been dimming for a while now, but its exact fate is still unknown.
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- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- December 11, 2019
Missions to Mars and beyond will take months or longer, so some creative strategies will be necessary to make sure that astronauts stay hale and hearty!
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- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- February 29, 2020
You might be made up of nothingness, but you still matter, according to science.
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