a group of asteroids in front of the Milky Way galaxy getty There are ten times more asteroids than astronomers thought according to new data from a space telescope. The findings come from a huge… [+2669 chars]
The largest radio telescope dish in the world has apparently detected odd radio signals coming from space, although the specifics of the reports are unclear. FAST, whose name translates to heavens e… [+1122 chars]
Stars are born when clouds of dust and gas form into clumps, and these clumps attract more material because of their gravity. Eventually, when enough material has fused together, the knot collapses u… [+965 chars]
Earlier this year, a Chinese rocket booster crashed into the lunar surface in a rare example of a piece of human-made debris colliding with the moon. Now, the site of this crash has been imaged by NA… [+2506 chars]
The brilliant cascade of stars through the middle of this image is ESO 318-13, a galaxy that lies millions of light-years from Earth. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured this edge-on view of… [+1178 chars]
The recent paper combines the expertise of three experts who have worked on research into different aspects of Sagittarius A*. By combining large-scale observations of how nearby stars are affected b… [+1299 chars]
Two opinion pieces (Slingo et al., and Hewitt et al.) and a supportive Nature Climate Change editorial were published this week, extolling the prospects for what they call “k-scale” climate modeling.… [+11183 chars]
A solar-sailing mission is now marking three years of spaceflight, but is unlikely to celebrate a fourth anniversary. The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 is a crowdfunded solar sail that launched Ju… [+3161 chars]
The largest radio telescope dish in the world has apparently detected odd radio signals coming from space, although the specifics of the reports are unclear. FAST, whose name translates to heavens e… [+1122 chars]
South Africas MeerKAT telescope. Credit: South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) An international team of astronomers has combined the power of 64 radio telescope dishes for the first time… [+4492 chars]
According to a media report, South Korea has withdrawn its bid to visit space rock Apophis during the closing, but the harmless flight of our Earth in 2029. The state science department says the pro… [+1916 chars]
A massive comet -- nearly twice as large as the tallest mountain on the planet, Mount Everest -- is on its way towards Earth and the inner solar system, according to a report by BGR. Lev Savitskiy/P… [+1747 chars]
