A lot has changed since humans first landed on the Moon. When the first space boot prints were left on the lunar surface, people were hooked to their television sets as grainy footage of the Apollo… [+3783 chars]
Astronomers spend their careers looking up at the sky, away from Earth, but now some stargazers say their field has to grapple with the fact that observing the cosmos is contributing to their home pl… [+5322 chars]
Scout constantly looks at data posted by the Minor Planet Center, a clearinghouse in Cambridge, Mass., that notes the discoveries and positions of small space objects. Then the software tries to figu… [+1692 chars]
Astronomers have been facing a big problem in cosmology the study of the formation and behavior of the Universe itself for a while now. Literally the biggest: Where do the most supermassive black h… [+6760 chars]
An “anti-universe” where time runs backwards could exist next to ours, according to a new study. The theory involves the fact nature has fundamental symmetries and researchers think this could apply… [+2136 chars]
The field of extrasolar planet studies is undergoing a seismic shift. To date, 4,940 exoplanets have been confirmed in 3,711 planetary systems, with another 8,709 candidates awaiting confirmation. Wi… [+8496 chars]
The field of extrasolar planet studies is undergoing a seismic shift. To date, 4,940 exoplanets have been confirmed in 3,711 planetary systems, with another 8,709 candidates awaiting confirmation. Wi… [+8496 chars]
A team of researchers led by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) of Barcelona and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has revealed the distribution and mercury degradation capacities … [+4797 chars]
Xing Xu and Shundong Bi from the Centre for Vertebrate Evolutionary Biology at Yunnan University, along with colleagues, recently recovered a partial skull, mandible, the forelimbs and hindlimbs, and… [+3925 chars]
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was a significant milestone: the very first powered, controlled flight in the extremely thin atmosphere of Mars and, in fact, the first such flight in any world beyon… [+3761 chars]
(WTAJ) –NASA’s rocket launch scheduled for Monday night at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia may be visible in Pennsylvania as a small object streaking through the sky. Check the skies for li… [+1083 chars]
In the coming weeks, Coloradans will have the chance to see one of the oldest recorded meteor showers dazzle the night sky. The 2022 Lyrid Meteor Shower is expected to peak on the night of April 21… [+1138 chars]
