Neptune holds records in our Solar System, but the Universe gets even faster. Here on Earth, extreme weather events can cause dramatic wind speed spikes. When hurricanes are at their most […]
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A Fermilab study confirms decades-old measurements regarding the size and structure of protons.
Like Mars today, Venus used to be a sci-fi superstar. Recent discoveries could re-ignite our interest in Earth’s “evil twin.”
The Earth that exists today wasn’t formed simultaneously with the Sun and the other planets. In some ways, we’re quite a latecomer.
“Even with my training, I still got insights from the book’s descriptions. That’s how good Carroll is at explaining physics.”
Europa may be difficult to access. But if a recent study is correct, its subsurface ocean would be more accessible than previously thought.
The first tests of optical communications far from Earth will take place aboard the asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft
Space missions in 2022 will include massive rockets and asteroid collisions. This is also the year space tourism starts to hit its stride.
And why, even at its faintest, it always outshines every other star and planet. If you’ve been looking to the west after sunset recently, you may have noticed that there’s one […]
Astronomy’s roots rest in the very origins of humanity. We have always looked to the skies for answers. We are starting to get them.
After a wait of 397 years in orbit, we’re finally getting a truly ‘Great’ Conjunction. Recently, December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn finally met. Looking towards the southwest skies from […]
A unique exoplanet without clouds or haze was found by astrophysicists from Harvard and Smithsonian.
We just observed the first ‘lunar formation’ in an exoplanetary system. This one image, above, is the first to show moons actively forming around a planet. This colourful image shows […]
Can two planets stably share the same orbit? Conventional wisdom says no, but a look at Saturn’s moons might tell a different story.
More than mindless bloodshed, the gladiatorial games were organized sports. Gladiators were treated as world-class athletes, receiving superior diets and medical care.
Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.
Since 1962, humanity has been sending messages into space with the intent to make contact with intelligent extraterrestrials. Are those efforts worth the risks?
The truth may be out there — but it’s not in these close encounters of the third kind.
Finding this missing piece of water’s path through the universe offers clues to how it came to be on Earth.
No planet enters retrograde more frequently than Mercury, which does so 3-4 times each year. Here’s the scientific explanation for why.
The search for worlds outside our solar system has just turned up a planet, TOI-2257 b, with a truly extreme orbit.
The stars circle each other every 51 minutes, confirming a decades-old prediction.
Don’t wait until Christmas to gift a telescope this year. All throughout the year, two bright lights have stood out in the post-sunset skies. Earlier this year, on March 31, 2020, […]
And the one step we can take to show extraterrestrials we’re figuring it out. Every year, Earth’s meteor showers accomplish two important tasks. This composite photograph shows a large number of […]
Using a laboratory model, scientists get a nice Jovian surprise.
Planets can emit radio waves. For the first time, we’ve picked them up from outside the solar system.
Our Universe requires dark matter in order to make sense of things, astrophysically. Could massive photons do the trick?