Bending Spacetime Reveals New Planet Hidden in Archived TESS Data
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has captured evidence of a Jupiter-like world orbiting another star, using a…
How to find Uranus this week, the hardest planet I’ve ever tried to see
I used to think Uranus was the sort of planet you graduated into. Saturn and its rings first,…
In 1610, Galileo spotted a small, smooth moon circling Jupiter and wrote it down; four hundred years later, scientists confirmed it likely holds the largest ocean in the solar system, buried under ice and never once touched by sunlight
In January 1610, Galileo Galilei turned a small telescope toward Jupiter and noticed something that should not have…
Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that’s falling back to Earth thanks to solar storms
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that’s…
The Milky Way’s arms might not look as we thought
This video shows what astronomers thought the Milky Way looked like, and what the new data indicates instead.…
SpaceX’s Next Big Business Isn’t Rockets. It’s Computer Chips.
Six months ago, SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) was a private rocket company. Today, it is a public one worth…
The Sun’s Atmosphere May Be Feeding on Dust
3D rendering of the Parker Solar Probe. Credit: NASA The Sun’s outer atmosphere may have a dust problem—and…
The oldest known image of the cosmos is a Bronze Age disc of bronze and gold, dug from a German hilltop by looters and recovered three years later in a Swiss police sting
The oldest known image of the cosmos is not painted or carved. It is cast in metal. It…
The Space Shuttle Endeavour Goes On Public Display Later This Year
NASA’s shuttle has been in LA since 2012, but now it’ll have a permanent exhibit at the California…
Get Ready for Liftoff: Space Shuttle Endeavour’s New Exhibit Opens to the Public This Year
Space nerds, rejoice! A fully-stacked, 20-story tall space shuttle will soon be on display at a brand new…
Space science has come a long way since July 4, 1776. Here’s a look back at the saga
On July 4, the United States of America celebrates its 250th birthday, marking the anniversary of the Declaration…
Celebrate America 250 with the Estes Liberty Star model rocket
Aside from fireworks, what better way to celebrate 250 years of independence than by launching your own model…