Dark Matter Intelligence – With Physicist Dr. Daniel Whiteson – YouTube Watch On On Episode 216 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with physicist Dr.…
Category: Astronomy
Watch a ‘Potentially hazardous asteroid’ the size of a skyscraper close in on Earth live online tonight
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1 close encounter: online observation – 26 June 2026 – YouTube Watch On A giant asteroid roughly the size of a skyscraper will pass within…
Hand-picked: Our 15 favorite sci-fi audiobooks you can listen to today
The world of science fiction books is vast and inspiring, with tales of distant planets and alien life transporting you into a new world to get lost in. It’s the…
NASA looks for the origins of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS photo of the day for June 24, 2026
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is finding clues that are leading scientists closer to understanding the origins of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. What is it? Comet 3I/ATLAS captured the world’s…
Searching for alien life: New model could help scientists home in on habitable exoplanets
A new planetary habitability model could make the search for aliens more efficient by quickly identifying rocky worlds unlikely to sustain the atmospheres needed for life as we know it.…
Launch monster: SpaceX has lofted more satellites than everyone else in history, combined
SpaceX just notched a remarkable launch-dominance milestone. Elon Musk‘s company has now lofted more spacecraft than the rest of humanity combined — and its lead is likely to grow over…
Happy Summer Solstice! Today marks the longest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere
The summer solstice has arrived, marking the start of astronomical summer and the longest day of 2026 in the northern hemisphere. The summer solstice occurred at 4:24 a.m. EDT (0824…
Elliott Smith finds immortality as an asteroid
An asteroid now bears the name of beloved musician Elliott Smith, thanks to one ambitious filmmaker. Elliott Smith passed away at the age of 34 in 2003, but his impact…
Juicy new details emerge about an asteroid NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by last year
Last year, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft encountered a bi-lobed asteroid that is a chunk of an even larger rocky body that was smashed apart in an almighty collision 155 million years…
One of these twin stars has likely been snacking on exoplanets
Astronomers have discovered chemical differences between binary stars that indicate one is a cosmic cannibal that has devoured at least one planet. Binary stars should have the same chemical composition…
