Weather permitting, the Virtual Telescope in Italy will have live views at 1 pm. EST (1800 GMT), and you can track it on your own, too. A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster will crash into the lunar surface in March, and you can track the rogue rocket as it nears theContinue Reading
Scientists say that the new material is even more durable than real dental enamel Enamel, the tough outer covering of a tooth, is the hardest substance in the human body. It is also notoriously difficult to replicate artificially. Throughout history, dentists have repaired damaged and decayed teeth with everything fromContinue Reading
The search for life on Mars is not an easy one. Not only is the red planet difficult to get to, it’s deeply inhospitable to life as we know it. However, there are places on Earth that could show us how life may have been able to survive on MarsContinue Reading
Laboratory experiments suggest that these worlds have especially gooey interiors Humble oxygen is more than just a building block of life. The element could also help scientists sneak a peek into the innards of planets orbiting faraway stars, a new study suggests. Laboratory experiments show that rocks exposed to higherContinue Reading
A mysterious burst of extragalactic light appears to have spawned a small, compact object A cosmic flare-up called the Cow seems to have left behind a black hole or neutron star. When the flash was spotted in June 2018, astronomers debated its origins. Now, astrophysicist DJ Pasham of MIT andContinue Reading
The gaseous structure bridges two of the galaxy’s spiral arms A long, thin filament of cold, dense gas extends jauntily from the galactic center, connecting two of the galaxy’s spiral arms, astronomers report November 11 in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. This is the first time that such a structure, whichContinue Reading
Debris on white dwarf stars offers a possible peek inside the worlds that once orbited them If a real Captain Kirk ever blasts off for other stars in search of rocky planets like ours, he may find lots of strange new worlds whose innards actually bear no resemblance to Earth’s.Continue Reading
New astronomy decadal survey proposes a program to build a fleet of flagship space telescopes The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey is basically a sneak preview of the next 10 years of U.S. space science. Every decade, experts assembled by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine collect inputContinue Reading
Scientists hope to find clues to help them recognize when other stars are about to blow A mad scramble to observe the moments after a star’s death is helping scientists understand how the star lived out its last year. Astronomers reported the exploding star just 18 hours after it flaredContinue Reading
What do you see in the photo? What do you see in this image of space gas and dust? Perhaps, the greenish blob puts you in mind of a frog, or a crocodile, or Slimer from “Ghostbusters.” One scientist is pretty sure he saw Godzilla. Much like clouds on Earth,Continue Reading