Category: Space
The moon and Venus visit the ‘Heart of the Lion’ this week, here’s how to see it
Sometimes an unusual celestial sight will take place at a rather ungodly hour. As a budding young amateur astronomer living in the Bronx, I remember the bemused look on my…
Is dark energy evolving? Astrophysicists consider the possibilities
A new study, based on years of precise data from telescopes such as the Dark Energy Survey in Chile, above, suggests that the mysterious force known as dark energy may…
Study finds exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e is unlikely to have a Venus- or Mars-like atmosphere
New research using the James Webb Telescope rules out possible atmospheric conditions of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e, depicted at the lower right as it transits in front of its host star.…
NASA satellites spot brand-new island in Alaska formed by melting glacier (photos)
NASA satellite imagery has revealed a new island off Alaska’s coast that emerged after long-standing glacial ice melted, isolating a small mountain that was once part of the mainland. The…
Scientists track down fresh boulder falls on the moon
This article is republished from Eos. Read the original article. As a boulder rolls down a cliff slope on the moon, it kicks up lunar dust, leaving behind a telltale…
Planets without plate tectonics and too little carbon dioxide could mean that technological alien life is rare
An artist’s impression of the rocky, habitable-zone exoplanet Kepler-168b. Credit: NASA Ames/NASA/JPL–Caltech/Tim Pyle (Caltech). The closest technological species to us in the Milky Way galaxy could be 33,000 light years…
Star Trek: Bridge Crew was the ultimate ‘Trek’ game, and it needs a sequel. Make it so!
Captain’s log, stardate -302123.44142127107… or November 16, 2020, 7:41 pm for those not in Starfleet just yet. Much of the world was in lockdown, shielding away from the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Where did the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS come from?
The Gemini South Observatory captured this image of the interstellar comet 3L/ATLAS on August 27th. It shows the object’s fuzzy coma and tail, made of volatiles released by the sun’s…
Models explain mysterious feature controlling magnetic properties of the sun
The sun taken from the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite, showing the quiet corona and magnetic structures like coronal loops, which trace the intricate patterns of magnetic field lines that emerge…
