A Comet Photobombed a Powerful Telescope and Revealed Something Astronomers Rarely See
Naked Photo-Bombing Comet 28P/Neujmin captured by the Subaru Telescope (white box and enlarged inset). Image Credits: NAOJ. A…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: A look at the stars of Harry Potter | Astronomy
Today: One minor Harry Potter character actually has two well-known star names: Regulus Arcturus Black, the brother of…
NASA built the Roman Space Telescope to study dark matter, but it can also help protect Earth from killer asteroids
NASA is about to launch a telescope built to unlock some of the universe’s biggest mysteries, and it…
Chinese rocket scientists find ‘most effective’ way to nuke a doomsday asteroid
Chinese researchers believe they may have found the most effective way to destroy or deflect a large, Earth-threatening…
Rocks From the Moon’s Far Side Are Rewriting Lunar History
Moon rocks returned from a rarely sampled region are offering a new view of the Solar System’s turbulent…
One Asteroid Collision May Have Rocked Earth, Mars, and the Moon
A Southwest Research Institute-led study has connected a specific asteroid collision in the main belt to an inner-solar-system-wide…
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Captures Mind-Bending Month-Long Timelapse of Mars
A colorized compilation of timelapse images NASA JPL’s Psyche spacecraft captured from May 2 through May 15. Throughout…
1,000 Days Until ‘God Of Chaos’ Asteroid Stuns Skywatchers
Topline In 1,000 days, on April 13, 2029, the near-Earth asteroid Apophis will make one of the closest…
Camper Accidentaly Discovers Ancient Meteor Crater on Google Maps
When Joël Lapointe was planning an epic camping trip through the Côte-Nord region of Quebec on Google Maps,…
China’s Tianwen-2 Spacecraft Reaches Earth’s Quasi-Moon after One Billion-Kilometer Journey
On July 2, 2026, the Tianwen-2 probe closed to within 20 km (12.4 miles) of the small near-Earth…
China’s Tianwen 2 probe reaches target asteroid, starts scientific exploration
BEIJING – China’s Tianwen 2 probe has successfully arrived at a distance of 20 kilometers from the asteroid…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Microwaves from outer space | Astronomy
Today: Let’s learn about Capella. It is the fourth brightest star we can see in Ellensburg. It is…