New observations from the Planck mission don't resolve anomalies like the CMB "cold spot"

By Matthew Williams - June 10, 2019 03:43 PM UTC | Cosmology

A new analysis of Planck mission data has provided no new insights into the anomalies it detected, leaving the door open for wild theories!

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Carnival of Space #615

By susie - June 10, 2019 03:17 PM UTC | Site News

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Black Hole Simulation Solves a Mystery About Their Accretion Disks

By Matthew Williams - June 08, 2019 03:55 PM UTC | Black Holes

A new study by an international team of astrophysicists have validated an age-old theory about how accretion disks behave.

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You Can Use a Live Webcam to Watch NASA Build the Mars 2020 Rover

By Evan Gough - June 07, 2019 05:06 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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The Japanese asteroid-hunter had another photo opportunity when it dropped a target marker on asteroid Ryugu

By Matthew Williams - June 07, 2019 03:41 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft just launched its second target marker to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.

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Don't Worry About Asteroid 2006QV89. There's Only a 1 in 7000 Chance It'll Hit the Earth in September

By Evan Gough - June 07, 2019 03:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Europe is Working On a Reusable Space Transport System: Space Rider

By Evan Gough - June 07, 2019 02:16 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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There's a Ring of Cool Gas Wrapped Around the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole

By Evan Gough - June 06, 2019 06:02 PM UTC | Milky Way

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A double asteroid came uncomfortably close this weekend. Here's what astronomers saw

By Matthew Williams - June 05, 2019 11:01 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Using the Very Large Telescope, a team of ESO scientists took some stunningly clear images of a double asteroid that recently swung by Earth.

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Engineers are Still Troubleshooting Why Mars InSight's Mole is Stuck and Won't Go Any Deeper

By Evan Gough - June 05, 2019 07:17 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Astronomers See an Enormous Coronal Mass Ejection... On Another Star!

By Evan Gough - June 05, 2019 05:18 PM UTC | Stars

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Astronomers See Adorable Baby Planets Forming Around a Young Star

By Evan Gough - June 05, 2019 01:33 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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Is Jupiter's Great Red Spot Vanishing as We Near Opposition 2019?

By David Dickinson - June 05, 2019 09:51 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Jupiter observation season is neigh, and with it, the largest planet in our solar system is as mysterious as ever.

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Weekly Space Hangout: June 5, 2019 - Jean Wright, NASA's Seamstress to the Stars

By susie - June 04, 2019 05:41 PM UTC | Space Policy

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How Will NASA and ESA Handle Mars Samples When They Get Them Back to Earth?

By Evan Gough - June 04, 2019 04:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Carnival of Space #614

By susie - June 04, 2019 01:37 PM UTC | Site News

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NASA is building up a map of the entire sky seen in X-rays, line by line with its NICER experiment

By Matthew Williams - June 03, 2019 06:42 PM UTC | Missions

Using data from the first 22 months of the NICER instruments mission, NASA has constructed a beautiful image of what the X-ray sky looks like.

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Subaru Telescope Sees 1800 Supernovae

By Evan Gough - June 03, 2019 04:56 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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Rovers on Mars should be searching for rocks that look like pasta - they're almost certainly created by life

By Matthew Williams - June 03, 2019 03:41 PM UTC | Astrobiology

According to a new study, future NASA missions to Mars should look for "pasta-like" mineral structures, which are an indication of ancient bacteria here on Earth.

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Ep. 532: Modern Astronomy of Australia

By susie - June 03, 2019 03:02 PM UTC | Site News

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