An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a rare double neutron star millisecond pulsar. The newfound binary pulsar, designated PSR J13256253, consists of two neutron stars orbiti… [+3413 chars]
That same astronomical thinking led them to patch the ancient Babylonian method of counting by 60, the sexagesimal system, onto the hour. Just as they divided the 360 degrees of a circle or the spher… [+2141 chars]
After winning a special prize for their discoveries on exploding suns and storms on Saturn, a couple of amateur astronomer teams have become celebrities. For the first time in its history, the Astro… [+3130 chars]
ByEleni Ravanis, University of Hawaii at MnoaApril 25, 2022 This illustration depicts NASAs Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA We made it! Perseverance is at the delt… [+3585 chars]
For the last week, three extremely wealthy men have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS), having been stranded there by bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from which t… [+1791 chars]
81 with 52 posters participating, including story author An unfortunate byproduct of the arguments over climate change has been the publication of some truly awful books. Think tank staff members, d… [+4332 chars]
A research paper, which was published in Nature Astronomy, suggested that the space should receive special legal protection in order to preserve and protect its environment from debris and light poll… [+1665 chars]
ByEleni Ravanis, University of Hawaii at MnoaApril 25, 2022 This illustration depicts NASAs Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA We made it! Perseverance is at the delt… [+3585 chars]
A test mission would launch around 2025 An illustration of NASAs DART spacecraft just before it hits Dimorphos NASA Chinas space agency plans to send a spacecraft to slam into an asteroid, knocki… [+2461 chars]
The 'Cupola Views Pattern' based on retired NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg's experience in the ... [+] International Space Station. Pattern designed by Karen Nyberg and Sarah Ruiz For those of us wish… [+2736 chars]
A 'wispy' galaxy 4 billion light-years away from us features in a glorious new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. Called GAMA 526784, the galaxy represents one of a set of "ultra-diffuse" galaxi… [+2036 chars]
image: White bacterial mats on the seafloor show where fluids seep up through the sediment. Photo: Thomas Pichler, University of Bremenview more Credit: Thomas Pichler, University of Bremen Hydrot… [+5577 chars]
