Meteorite hunters won’t have a field day in the Barrie area, but people may have seen something streaking through the air on the weekend. Western University’s physics and astronomy department says a… [+3081 chars]
The fireball streaked above Shropshire last week. (Gareth Oakey, UK Meteor Network) A huge fireball that streaked across the sky last week may have left a meteorite somewhere in Shropshire, scientis… [+2183 chars]
42 with 33 posters participating Late in 2021, the astronomy community released its decadal survey, a road map of scientific priorities for the next 10 years, which describes the hardware we need to… [+3274 chars]
NASA’s huge "Mega Moon rocket" is being removed from its launchpad and sent for repairs after failing three fuel tests in two weeks. Following the failures, NASA has said that the rocket’s slated Jun… [+3929 chars]
The planets in our solar system are all unique in their way. In terms of temperature, no two planets have the same one since it is the result of various processes. Generally, a planets temperature is… [+7459 chars]
The Subaru Telescope in Hawai'i captured a strange flying whirlpool whizzing across the night sky at the weekend. Anyone looking up would have been very curious at its cause, before probably shruggin… [+2691 chars]
A low-res version of the high resolution image of the Sun from Solar Orbiter. ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI team; Data processing: E. Kraaikamp (ROB) A few weeks ago I wrote about a ground-break… [+7341 chars]
Atolla reynoldsi, a large new species of deep-sea crown jelly with distinctive thorny projections around the margin of its bell. Credit: © 2018 MBARI The deep-sea crown jelly Atolla is one of the mo… [+11407 chars]
The Milky Way and Lyrid meteors falling through the sky at the Bathing House in Northumberland (Getty) Make sure to watch the skies this week as the annual Lyrid meteor shower lights up the skies ab… [+2343 chars]
A low-res version of the high resolution image of the Sun from Solar Orbiter. ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI team; Data processing: E. Kraaikamp (ROB) A few weeks ago I wrote about a ground-break… [+7341 chars]
Because of its outstanding transparency as well as its stability in contact with heat or chemicals, glass is relevant for many high-tech applications. However, conventional processes for shaping glas… [+4007 chars]
One year ago today (April 19), an aircraft flew on a world beyond Earth for the first time ever. That history-making vehicle is NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter, which landed inside the Red Planet… [+4562 chars]