A huge asteroid stronger than a nuclear bomb is headed our way this month
Giant space rocks continue to threaten the planet as yet another large asteroid is headed towards the Earth this month. If an asteroid impact were …
Space
Epic NASA video imagines the surreal future of space travel
NASA has released a video showcasing its vision for the future of space travel, including kayaking on Titan. NASA continues to share inspiration for the …
NASA is testing a planetary-defense system like nothing we’ve ever seen
NASA will launch a multimillion-dollar spacecraft today, with plans to crash it into an asteroid in 2022, as a test for a possible asteroid defense …
Why evidence of life on Mars could be fake
We’ve already seen geological evidence that suggests Mars could have been habitable billions of years ago. A new study in the Journal of the Geological …
A lunar eclipse like this hasn’t happened in 580 years, here’s how to watch
The longest partial lunar eclipse in almost 600 years will happen Thursday, and you can watch the entire thing for yourself. So many people across …
Astronomers discovered something fascinating about this glowing asteroid
Astronomers believe that a near-Earth glowing asteroid may actually be an ancient chunk of the Moon. The asteroid, which is known as Kamo’oalewa, can be …
NASA is tracking a 1,000-foot-tall asteroid that’s headed towards Earth
NASA scientists have issued a warning about a “Potentially Hazardous Asteroid” (PHA) that will fly close to earth in mid-December. The asteroid is larger than …
eVscope eQuinox review: Stunning smart telescope lets your iPhone peer into deep space
Whether you’re a professional astronomer or a novice, everyone knows the biggest barrier to gazing into deep space. High-quality telescopes are very expensive. Sure, plenty …
How to watch Amazon founder Jeff Bezos fly to space next week
Next week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is planning to fulfill a childhood ambition, one made possible by virtue of his status as one of the …
Two NASA satellites team up to capture a galactic merger
The Milky Way is our home, and for the entirety of human existence, it has treated us pretty well. Earth and our solar system just …
Astronomers discovered a new planet with an important similarity to Earth
Exoplanet discoveries used to be nothing but a dream for scientists, but new telescope technology and more advanced observation techniques have made the task of …
Here’s what a solar eruption looks like to NASA’s newest probe
We like to think the world revolves around us but unfortunately, it revolves around the Sun. Our Sun is one of the reasons we’re all …
China’s new space station is officially in orbit
For better or worse, the space race of the 1960s truly defined what nations would be major players in space exploration over the following decades. …
This ‘super-Earth’ seems lovely, until you look up
Earth is great, but what if it were bigger? So-called “super-Earths” are rocky worlds like our own but are several times bigger, and could offer …
NASA’s Perseverance takes its first steps, er, I mean rolls
It’s now been a couple of weeks since NASA’s Perseverance rover landed safely on Mars. The mission almost never left Earth due to the coronavirus …
This newly-discovered exoplanet could reveal secrets of alien worlds
Finding planets outside of our solar system is an area of research that has exploded in recent years. As new, more powerful observational equipment allows …
Spacewalking NASA astronauts just gave the ISS a major upgrade
The International Space Station is, well, old. It’s still working great and fulfilling the needs of NASA, Russia’s Roscosmos, Japan’s JAXA, and the European Space …
There might be a whole bunch of Earths in our galaxy
Scientists believe there are some very basic things that are required for a planet to support life, including water and an atmosphere. We’ve yet to …
NASA’s Moon-orbiting space station will begin construction thanks to SpaceX
NASA’s Lunar Gateway is a major part of the Artemis program that will eventually send astronauts to the surface of the Moon. The gateway will …
NASA says we might find alien pollution before we find aliens
If intelligent alien civilizations exist in space, it’s possible that we may find signs of their existence before we find the aliens themselves. A new …
Astronomers discovered our Solar System’s most-distant object – and gave it the laziest name ever
Scientists peering deep into the outer reaches of our Solar System have spotted what is now considered to be the most distant object orbiting our …
Let’s reel in this talk of a ‘fifth dimension’ for a second
Researchers attempting to solve the problem of dark matter have proposed a particle that can travel to an unseen fifth dimension. The work is entirely …
SpaceX’s Starship prototype just crashed, watch the explosion right here
SpaceX launched another test flight of a Starship prototype today. The high-altitude launch lasted roughly six minutes, but it didn’t end how SpaceX would have …
Earth’s latest visitor is about to leave us forever
In late 2020 Earth got a new visitor in the form of what was originally thought to be a natural piece of space debris, such …
SpaceX just shattered an almost unfathomable record
SpaceX has already set a huge number of records with its reusable rocket technology. A new record set by the company on Sunday isn’t related …
Want to catch a glimpse of Uranus? It’ll be very easy tonight
Uranus isn’t the easiest planet to spot in the night sky, and most of the time we can’t see it at all, but tonight it’ll …
Canon launched its cameras into space, and here’s what they’re looking at
Canon — the camera company — has a reputation for building powerful and durable cameras, so it decided to send some of them into space …
Mars is wobbling, and scientists have questions
Using data collected over 18 years of observations, scientists now say that the planet Mars is wobbling. The planet’s wiggling results in its poles moving …
Astronauts were allowed to eat veggies grown in space
Astronauts living aboard the International Space Station had the opportunity to taste-test some food that was grown in their own orbiting laboratory. Radishes grown on …
A massive storm on Neptune just did something unexpected
Neptune, the frigid world that lives past Saturn and Uranus, has been known to host large storms in its atmosphere. Recent observations of a “dark …
