A new paper by Qin Han and Xiang-Dong Li of Nanjing University, due to be published in the Astrophysical Journal,…
Comets Splitting into Comets, Splitting into Comets…
See that cluster of bright objects in the above image? Those are fragments of a comet called C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)…
The Lives of Long Lasting Lineae
NASA has released this beautiful close up of the rim of a Martian impact crater, taken by the HiRISE camera…
ESO Sees a Star’s Orbit Precess Around a Supermassive Black Hole
The European Southern Observatory has observed the way a star’s orbit changes as it circles the supermassive black hole at…
Hayabusa2 is coming home
Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe has successfully completed its mission at the asteroid Ryugu and is now on its way home. It’s…
How do we know when something is from outside the Solar System?
You probably saw the recent news that astronomers have spotted an object from interstellar space making its way through the…
Why astronomers are excited about repeating fast radio bursts
The CHIME telescope in Canada recently detected eight new repeating fast radio bursts. This is huge news! It brings the…
The Solar System Has a Lot of Water
There have been a couple of recent discoveries of water in new places in the solar system. Last week a…
Not all gravitational waves start with a bang
You’ve probably heard of gravitational waves. They’ve been in the news a lot recently because of two experiments called LIGO…
How long have we been predicting eclipses?
Tomorrow there will be a total lunar eclipse which will be visible in much of North America and Asia. I…
