The Oldest Stars Help Tell us how big the Universe is

By Paul Sutter - March 11, 2021 04:30 PM UTC | Cosmology

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Microbes Found That Survive on the by-Products of Radioactive Decay

By Matthew Williams - March 11, 2021 02:54 PM UTC | Astrobiology

An oceanic research team recently demonstrated that one of the largest ecosystem on Earth thrives on the radioactive decay of elements

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Organic Material Found on an Asteroid Sample Returned by Hayabusa 1

By Andy Tomaswick - March 11, 2021 02:21 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Vega Might Have a Planet

By Andy Tomaswick - March 11, 2021 01:26 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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The Galápagos Islands From Space

By Nancy Atkinson - March 11, 2021 10:51 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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What's the Connection Between Stellar-Mass Black Holes and Dark Matter?

By Brian Koberlein - March 11, 2021 09:52 AM UTC | Black Holes

The smallest black hole we've observed might prove dark matter is made of primordial black holes.

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Researchers Discover the Source of the Sun's Most Dangerous High-Energy Particles

By Paul Sutter - March 11, 2021 08:48 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

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Fantastic Analysis of SN-10 Landing and Explosion by Scott Manley

By Matthew Williams - March 10, 2021 06:03 PM UTC | Stars

A new video by astrophysicist and Youtuber Scott Manley breaks down what went wrong with SpaceX's latest test flight

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Did Supermassive Black Holes Form Directly From Dark Matter?

By Paul Sutter - March 10, 2021 05:00 PM UTC | Black Holes

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Move Over, Electron: Rocket Lab Introduces Its New Neutron Rocket

By David Dickinson - March 10, 2021 12:42 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Peter Beck announces an addition to the Rocket Lab family, with the Neutron Rocket.

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This Exoplanetary System Breaks all the Rules

By Paul Sutter - March 10, 2021 08:16 AM UTC | Exoplanets

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How do you get Power into Your Lunar Base? With a Tower of Concrete Several Kilometers High

By sjohnston - March 09, 2021 08:30 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Apollo Rocks Reveal the Moon's Early History

By Matthew Williams - March 09, 2021 04:34 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new analysis of lunar rock samples has revealed details about its early history, particularly how the Moon's iron core differentiated from its mantle.

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VY Canis Majoris is "Like Betelgeuse on Steroids"

By Andy Tomaswick - March 09, 2021 02:27 PM UTC | Stars

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The Most Recent Volcanic Activity on the Moon? Just 100 Million Years ago

By Paul Sutter - March 09, 2021 10:17 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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Astronomers Track a Neutrino Back to the Source. Where a Black Hole Tore Apart a Star

By Andy Tomaswick - March 09, 2021 08:08 AM UTC | Black Holes

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New Supercomputer Simulations Will Help pin Down Inflation

By Paul Sutter - March 09, 2021 06:23 AM UTC | Cosmology

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Simulations of the Universe are Getting Better and Better at Matching Reality

By Paul Sutter - March 08, 2021 08:34 PM UTC | Cosmology

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Gliese 486b is a Hellish World With Temperatures Above 700 Kelvin

By Matthew Williams - March 08, 2021 05:51 PM UTC | Exoplanets

The CARMENES consortium recently discovered a super-Earth just 21 light-years away that will be the perfect test case for exoplanets in the future.

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Dust in the Chixalub Crater Makes the Compelling Case That an Asteroid Wiped out the Dinosaurs 65 Million Years ago

By Paul Sutter - March 08, 2021 01:15 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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