See the Snow Moon, a penumbral eclipse & comet 45P on...
Those who enjoy watching the various events that take place in the night sky will have quite a party on Friday night when a...
Scientists will live atop a volcano simulating life on Mars
Six scientists have entered the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) dome atop the Mauna Loa volcano, kicking off Mission V of the...
ESO’s latest Earth-like exoplanet discovery launches debate
Last week, astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced the discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet near Earth. Named Proxima Centauri b, it orbits...
Scientists worry Trump’s policies will stall progress
The Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is taking place this weekend, and thousands of scientists will rally...
Scientists pinpoint the source of a Fast Radio Burst
Last Wednesday, The Cornell Chronicle reported that a group of scientists had discovered the source of a mysterious radio signal, a phenomenon known as...
NASA’s KSC gets a closer look of Hurricane Matthew
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is getting a closer look at the Hurricane Matthew. On Saturday, the KSC captured a unique image of the...
Polymethylpentene wrap keep things cool even in sunny days
A team of researchers led by Xiaobo Yin, a materials scientist at the University of Colorado, have created a plastic film capable of freezing...
Google Celebrates Stephen Hawking’s Posthumous 80th Birthday with Captivating Doodle
Foremost astronomer and physicist would have celebrated his 80th birthday on January 8, 2022, if he was alive – but Google celebrated the occasion...
New Horizons discovers clouds in Pluto, aims at next target
The New Frontiers program keeps finding new things in our cosmos. NASA scientists have received a new batch of data from the New Horizons...
NASA launches TESS spacecraft to look for planets beyond our galaxy
After the launch of NASA’s planet-hunting spacecraft, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) on Wednesday, on top of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral....