Tycho Supernova Doesn’t Look Like Other Supernovae
In 1572 a star exploded and people saw it with the naked eye. One of them was Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, for whom the supernova was eventually named.A...
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Asteroid Photobombs Crab Nebula
Citizen scientists found a foreground asteroid passing the Crab Nebula in an old image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.A new look at a 2005 Hubble imag...
SpaceX Could Launch NASA Astronauts to ISS in 2020
SpaceX could launch NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in early 2020. That's if tests on the company's Crew Dragon capsule prove conclusi...
Extreme ‘Hot Jupiter’ Orbits Every 18 Hours
Astronomers have discovered a hot Jupiter exoplanet with the shortest orbit. A year on that planet lasts only 18.4 hours.The new-found exoplanet, called NG...
Saturn Now Has More Moons Than Jupiter
Astronomers discover 20 more moons orbiting the ringed planet. Therefore, Saturn is now the planet with the most moons in the solar system.Saturn has taken...
Life Ingredients Found on Enceladus
Using data from NASA's Cassini mission, the researchers have found new kinds of life ingredients on Saturn's moon Enceladus.NASA’s Cassini spacecraft orbit...
Planet Nine Could Be An Ancient Black Hole
The hypothetical Planet Nine, theorized to be orbiting somewhere in the outskirts of our solar system, could actually be an ancient black hole.For decades,...
Shapeshifter Robots Could Explore Saturn’s Moons
NASA is designing astounding shapeshifter robots straight out of science fiction to explore Saturn's moons. Titan is the ideal destination.NASA is taking e...
Scientists Watch Black Hole Shredding A Star
For the first time ever, NASA’s TESS managed to get an unprecedented view of a black hole shredding a star.The transiting exoplanet survey satellite has ca...
NASA Hires Lockheed Martin For Moon Missions
NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin almost $3 billion to build three Orion capsules. This will allow the US space agency to return to the moon by 2024.The new...