Most of us learned in school that the planets are in the following order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and (until 2006) Pluto. As a result, you could be forgiven for thinking that our closest planetary neighbor … Read More
A bolt of lightning, followed by something else. A crimson figure blinks in and out of existence high above the storm. If you saw it, you were a lucky witness to a sprite, one of the most mysterious electrical phenomena … Read More
Karl Schwarzchild proposed black holes in 1916 as a solution to Einstein’s field equations for his Theory of General Relativity. By the mid-twentieth century, astronomers were using indirect methods to detect black holes for the first time, observing their effects … Read More
Disturbances in the dwarf galaxies of one of Earth’s closest galaxy clusters point to a different gravity theory. Dwarf galaxies are small, faint galaxies found in or near larger galaxies or galaxy clusters. As a result, they may be impacted … Read More
Data obtained by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team over the last two weeks show that the spacecraft’s kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit. This is the first time humanity has purposely … Read More
Get ready for close-up surface images of distant planets in our Solar System. Moony Shot Scientists can now get an unprecedented look at the surface of near-Earth celestial objects thanks to a new upgrade to the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) … Read More