Not all oppositions are created equal. This week's target offers a good case in point, as asteroid 3 Juno reaches its most favorable viewing position...
Welcome back to Messier Monday! Today, we continue in our tribute to our dear friend, Tammy Plotner, by looking at the unusual globular cluster known...
We have comets and asteroids to thank for Earth’s water, according to the most widely-held theory among scientists. But it’s not that cut-and-dried....
According to Musk's latest update, SpaceX will be conducting a test flight of their BFR system next year using a miniature version of the spacecraft....
After careful consideration, NASA has selected the location where the InSight lander will set down and begin surveying the interior of Mars
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This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his*Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space #580 And if you’re interested...
A powerful laser is just the thing to announce our presence as a technological species in this arm of the galaxy. Engineers would line up to work on...
Our universe is capable of some truly frightening scenarios, and in this case we have an apparent tragedy: two stars, lifelong companions, decide to...
Thanks to the GRAVITY collaboration, astronomers have made the most detailed observations of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way to date. ...
A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics indicates that exoplanets with too much water or too much landmass may not be a good...
Supernovae are the granddaddies of all cosmic light shows, and Supernova 1987a is one of the most studied objects in the history of astronomy. As its...
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