Astronomers may have discovered the first exomoon
A TEAM of astronomers believe they have spotted the first moon outside our solar system. Phys.org reports that the team lead by Dr. David Kipping, assistant professor of astronomy at Columbia...
Is this the first picture of an eclipse?
There are so many photographs of eclipses, and while they’re all amazing to see, this one might be the most special. Emeritus J. McKim “Kim” Malville,” professor of astrophysical and...
Slooh Opens Its Telescope Views of Space to the Public for Free
If you’re itching to watch a telescope at work, you can now do it for free thanks to astronomy broadcasting service Slooh. As the 14-year-old service gears up for a live partial lunar eclipse...
New Horizons may visit twice the object for the same price
New Horizons is getting the ultimate two-for-one deal. The intrepid craft, which flew through the Pluto system in 2015, is en route to 2014 MU69, an icy remnant from our solar system’s formation...
UC Irvine astronomers make a hundred million discoveries — black holes
Astronomers from UC Irvine have concluded that as many as 100 million black holes exist in our galaxy – a tally far more than previously believed and shocking even to the three researchers. The...
Astronomers just mapped the inside of a supernova
A supernova is the largest explosion you might ever see if you ever get to see it! It’s the death of a star, and stars go out with a bang. They’re still mostly a mystery to science. It’s possible to...
JAXA, NASA approve replacement for failed Hitomi astronomy satellite
The Japanese space agency is moving ahead with a smaller-scale X-ray astronomy satellite to replace the failed Hitomi observatory, which spun out of control about a month-and-a-half after its launch...
Breakthrough Starshot takes its first step toward interstellar travel
The first big step to making humans an interstellar species is underway. Breakthrough Starshot wants to accelerate small spacecraft to a good fraction of the speed of light to send probes to a...
