How to Watch an Asteroid Fly Uncomfortably Close to Earth on Wednesday
An asteroid the size of a commercial airplane will skim past our planet on Wednesday, September 3. Asteroid…
NASA once celebrated her, then fired her, and then tried to erase her story: The rise and fall of Rose Ferreira |
Image: Brooke Owens Fellowship Rose Ferreira’s life story reads like a tale of resilience against impossible odds. Born…
This Weirdly Brilliant Telescope Design Might Finally Uncover Earth’s Twin
Concept design for a rectangular space telescope, modeled after the Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER), a notional…
Inside the Swedish spaceport Europe hopes will compete with the US, China and Russia
KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — Deep in the Swedish forest, where reindeer roam and scientists ski in winter, lies…
Observable universe is 93 billion light years wide but what’s beyond it? Here’s what we can’t see…
One of the most important pieces of evidence for this limit is the cosmic microwave background radiation, faint…
The Night Sky This Week
The ‘Blood Worm Moon’ total lunar eclipse is seen above Austin, TX on March 14, 2025. (Photo by…
Webb Telescope Spots Sparkling Crystals and Life’s Ingredients in the Butterfly Nebula
This image, which combines infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope with submillimetre observations from the Atacama…
Scientists Have Uncovered When Jupiter Was Born, Solving a Longstanding Mystery
New research reveals that Jupiter’s birth triggered high-speed collisions that created molten droplets preserved in meteorites, tiny time…
When To See Venus Dance With A Beehive Of Stars On Monday
The Beehive Cluster is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. It is one of the nearest open…
Review: Book shows why we, like our ancestors, have a thing for Mars – Hastings Tribune
Review: Book shows why we, like our ancestors, have a thing for Mars Hastings TribuneThe Long History of Life…
Don’t Miss This Weekend’s Pairing Of The Moon And A Red Supergiant
Saturday evening’s meeting of the crescent moon and distant red supergiant star Antares will require no equipment beyond…
How To Get An Epic View Of The Milky Way This Weekend
The summer Milky Way overhead and through the Summer Triangle stars in July, looking up through trees in…