Stars and Science

Soon, we may get to see one up close for the first time. (2018)

The Atlantic, "Astronomers have found the stars responsible for an explosion recorded by Korean astronomers in 1437 A.D. (2017)

Medium, 2017: "If you thought all we could see is all that’s out there, prepare to rethink everything you knew...Imagine that the Universe we obse... (2017)

Jupiter’s moon Europa features a warm subterranean ocean covered in ice. For years, scientists have wondered if certain surface features are the re... (2017)

This week, the scientists and engineers on the Voyager team did something very special. (2017)

virtually explore the International Space Station - Google Maps (2017)

Silicon carbide transistors could let landers survive for months rather than hours (2017)

Technology & Science - CBC News Astronomers say they've learned more about the first known object to enter our solar system from deep space, inc... (2017)

Scientists have detected a black hole thought to be about 800 million times as massive as our sun that is helping to reveal when the universe fille... (2017)

Nasa is holding a major press conference after its planet-hunting telescope made a new breakthrough. The Kepler space telescope is operated by Nasa... (2017)

Cigar-shaped body has a deep surface layer made of organic ices baked in interstellar radiation – and potentially has ice in its heart, say astrono... (2017)

Astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescopes and other telescopes have performed an accurate census of the number of galaxies i... (2018)

Researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have found eight sites where thick deposits of ice beneath Mars' surface are exposed in ... (2018)

Jedidah Isler first fell in love with the night sky as a little girl. Now she’s an astrophysicist who studies supermassive hyperactive black holes.... (2018)

Now you can visit many planets and moons in Google Maps right from your computer. (2017)

Atlas Obscura, 2017: "A Woman Who Spent Her Life Observing the Sun Is Finally Getting Scientific Recognition. Hisako Koyama is being lauded for ... (2017)

Black holes. Lets talk about them. Support us on Patreon so we can make more stuff (2018)

Setback for James Webb Space Telescope could have broader effects on agency’s astrophysics programme. (2018)

In a study published March 14 in The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, astronomers announced the discovery that all galaxies rotat... (2018)

Around the same time our ancestors left Africa, a dim red dwarf star came to within 0.8 light-years of our Sun, marking the closest known flyby of ... (2018)

If Earth is closest to the Sun in January, shouldn’t it be summer? (2018)

An international team of researchers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and several other observatories have, for the first time, uncovered ... (2018)

A dozen black holes may lie at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way, researchers say. (2018)

Bright dots that look like snow are in fact stars... (2018)

The perfect circle surrounding a galaxy cluster in a new Hubble Space Telescope image is a visual indicator of the huge masses that are bending tim... (2018)

European Gaia spacecraft’s first major data dump — the most detailed 3D chart yet of our Galaxy — will keep researchers busy for decades... (2018)

For thousands of years, people have been puzzling over the milky strip that extends across the entire firmament. In the modern era, Galileo Galilei... (2018)

For every planet that orbits a star like our own, there are likely thousands of 'orphan planets' wandering the galaxy alone... (2018)

Big-data statistics have revealed, among other things, that our own solar system is kind of an oddball... "The Milky Way contains over a tr... (2018)

As the four craft exit our solar system, a 3D map of the Milky Way reveals which others they’re likely to visit tens of thousands of years on. (2019)