Galaxy Zoo: Clump Scout II
What you’ll do: Learn how to recognize clumps, the bright spots in galaxies where stars are being formed…
Don’t wait for the full moon: Here’s when the moon looks best through a telescope
If you’re planning to point a telescope at the moon this week, don’t wait for the full moon.…
Scientists Map Most Cost-Effective Route to the Moon Out of 24 Million Possibilities
Credit: ZME Science. In spaceflight, every kilogram matters. Each item you bring along increases fuel consumption, which means…
NASA Sets Coverage for Roscosmos Spacewalk Outside Space Station
NASA will provide live coverage on Wednesday, May 27, as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the…
NASA’S Juno Makes Closest Ever Approach To Jupiter’s Moon Of Thebe
NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter and its moons has made the closest ever approach of only 5000km to…
Neptune’s Moon Nereid May Be Lone Survivor of an Ancient Cosmic Massacre
The farthest planet from the Sun has a rather strange collection of moons in its orbit. That may…
The Voyager Golden Record carries a small sample of uranium on its cover, placed there so that whoever finds it can measure the decay and work out how long it has been drifting — a built-in clock for a message engineered to last around a billion years.
Each of the two Voyager spacecraft, launched in 1977, carries a phonograph record. The records hold sounds and…
83-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Lizard Fossil Unearthed in France
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of pan-shinisaur lizard from a partial upper jaw discovered in…
‘For All Mankind’s’ Ruby Cruz and Ines Asserson on wearing those ‘clunky’ cool spacesuits and training with a Green Beret (interview)
Apple TV’s “For All Mankind” is setting up for an explosive season 5 finale as hungry Marsies are…
Gemini North Telescope Peers into Crystal Ball Nebula
A stunning new image from the 8.1-m Gemini North telescope, located on the summit of Maunakea in Hawai’i,…
The dominance of turbulence over magnetism in the formation of massive star cluster seeds
Beuther, H., Kuiper, R. & Tafalla, M. Star formation from low to high mass: a comparative view. Annu.…
Fossil Kept in a Museum For Decades Turns Out to Be a Fearsome New Predator : ScienceAlert
A prehistoric predator to rival the most fearsome giant of them all has just been discovered lurking half-forgotten…