Astronomy

Scientists come up with new advice in the hunt for (decayed) Martians: dig much deeper!

Current Mars rovers drill only two inches deep. However, if we want to come across traces of former life, we will have...

Charlie Elliott - June 30, 2022

Astronomy

Missing neutrinos in Russian experiment may indicate new particle

An experiment deep under the Caucasus Mountains finds fewer neutrinos than you would expect based on the theory. Are sterile neutrinos responsible...

Charlie Elliott - June 29, 2022

Astronomy

‘Alien life doesn’t need an Earth-like planet at all’

New research suggests that life may also arise on planets that are virtually unlike our own in any way. The search for extraterrestrial life...

Charlie Elliott - June 29, 2022

Astronomy

Space tourism erupts: why rocket emissions are so terribly harmful

Now that we can visit every corner of the earth, it should be more exciting: into space. But that space tourism is...

Charlie Elliott - June 28, 2022

Astronomy

This gigantic bubble is many light years in size, but luckily it didn’t burst

In 2015, the American Gary Pearlman made the largest bubble with a volume of 96 cubic meters. Yet this record pales in...

Charlie Elliott - June 26, 2022

Astronomy

Astronomers discover wandering black hole

The gravity of the invisible black hole enlarges and brightens the background star (arrow). © NASA/ESA, Kailash Sahu (STScI); Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Black...

Ashton Edwards - June 26, 2022

Astronomy

BepiColombo skims past Mercury again, yielding beautiful close-up photos!

Among other things, we get a picture of Mercury's largest crater, which will be extensively studied by the space probe in a few...

Charlie Elliott - June 25, 2022

Astronomy

Even on Mars, Windows 98 is now obsolete

Mars Express' MARSIS instrument will undergo a major software update that will allow it to peer even better beneath the surface of Mars...

Charlie Elliott - June 24, 2022

Astronomy

No, the Chinese (most likely) did not receive a signal from aliens

The FAST radio telescope may have seen signs of an alien civilization, a Chinese newspaper reported last week. Other scientists don't want...

Charlie Elliott - June 23, 2022

Astronomy

Marslander InSight goes on the hunt for marsquakes again (even if that will be his downfall)

The mission team hopes to use Insight's last-minute powers to collect important scientific data. Marslander Insight is dying. NASA announced this last month....

Charlie Elliott - June 23, 2022

Astronomy

Gaia: Census of the Milky Way

ESA's Gaia satellite has now mapped the features and motion of nearly two billion stars in the Milky Way. © ESA/ATG medialab, ESA/Gaia/DPAC 1.5...

Ashton Edwards - June 22, 2022

Astronomy

Neutrinomystery Still Unsolved

One American experiment thinks it has measured a surplus of certain neutrinos, the other sees nothing strange. Where does that come from? Neutrinos...

Charlie Elliott - June 21, 2022

Astronomy

Mysterious ‘blue blobs’: new type of galaxy discovered full of young blue stars

The blue blobs don't last long, but they are spectacular. Scientists discovered as many as five galaxies with these young blue stars....

Charlie Elliott - June 21, 2022

Astronomy

The most beautiful photo of a mysterious dwarf planet actually deserves a place in the Rijksmuseum

On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft arrived at dwarf planet Pluto. For the first time we got to see pictures...

Charlie Elliott - June 19, 2022

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Jupiter’s moon Europa eclipses distant star. And that’s very special

We won't see much of it, but it is special: tomorrow morning Europa, one of Jupiter's most interesting moons, will maneuver itself right...

Charlie Elliott - June 19, 2022

Astronomy

Two new super-Earths in the solar neighborhood

Artist's rendering of two super-Earths, HD 260655 b and HD 260655 c © NASA/JPL-Caltech Our cosmic neighborhood seems to be teeming with exoplanets, even our...

Ashton Edwards - June 18, 2022

Astronomy