Why did the world suddenly become obsessed with the northern lights? It seems like not a week goes by without news of solar flares and, very often, a forecast for…
Category: Astronomy
NASA launching its SPHEREx and PUNCH space missions on March 2 after delay: How to watch live
If all goes to plan, two NASA missions called “SPHEREx” and “PUNCH” will be sharing a ride to space very soon. The agency plans to launch both missions at the…
2 NASA missions will carpool on a SpaceX rocket this Friday to help map the cosmos
Friday (Feb. 28) is shaping up to be a delightful day for space explorers, as not one but two major NASA missions are expected to take to the skies —…
What makes Mars the ‘Red’ Planet? Scientists have some new ideas
Mars is widely known for its iconic rusty red color — many people even refer to it as just the “Red Planet” — but new research suggests the Martian shade…
Astronomers discover misshapen galaxy is a cosmic predator that bears ‘scars’ from its last meal (photo)
An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies appears to be approaching its next target. New images from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 149 — SpaceX, Moon Missions, and Killer Asteroids?
SpaceX, Moon Missions, and Killer Asteroids? – 2024 YR4, ISS Deorbiting, and NASA Budget Cuts – YouTube Watch On On Episode 149 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and…
Einstein wins again! Quarks obey relativity laws, Large Hadron Collider finds
Is there a time of day or night at which nature’s heaviest elementary particle stops obeying Einstein’s rules? The answer to that question, as bizarre as it seems, could tell…
‘Jupiter Ascending’ came out 10 years ago, and we’re still not sure how the Matrix creator’s space opera went so wrong
Whenever someone brings up Lana and Lilly Wachowski’s body of work, The Matrix is always at the center of the conversation. Maybe Speed Racer and Cloud Atlas get some mentions…
Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of ‘termination shock’
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft conducted the first and only flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest approach of that distant world in July 2015. Sailing onward, the probe…
‘Captain America: Brave New World’ introduces adamantium into the MCU, but did it come from space in the comics?
The fourth Captain America movie, Captain America: Brave New World, is finally out and has been met with middling critical reviews. Despite that, fans are already dissecting every new character…
