No, an Asteroid Is Not Going To Collide With Earth Today
If you’ve seen anything on the internet concerning a giant asteroid colliding with our planet, don’t panic. Today, a space rock will not strike us,…
Astronomy
Over 1,000 Unknown Asteroids Discovered In Old Hubble Data by Citizen Scientists and AIs
The Hubble Asteroid Hunter project is just three years old, yet it has already yielded a wealth of fresh information. With the aid of a…
Chinese Rover Uncovers More Evidence That Mars Was Wet For Much Longer Than Thought
Compared to the freezing desert it is now, Mars was a totally different world billions of years ago. It was covered in water. The exact…
A New, Slightly More Comforting, Explanation for the Absence of Aliens
Two astrobiologists argue that if alien civilizations bloom and die like our own, it might explain why we haven’t encountered any. This might explain the…
A New Photo of a Rock on Mars Has Alien Hunters Very Excited
Mars observers sifting through photographs of the Martian surface have discovered a picture that will no likely pique the interest of people inquisitive about extraterrestrial…
You Can Now Listen To the Eerie Sound Of Black Hole “Echoes”
When black holes feed, they emit X-rays, which can bounce off surrounding material and cause “echoes,” as astronomers name them. The first sightings were from…
Mars Rover May Have Snagged Rock Samples Formed From Cataclysmic Volcanic Eruptions
Strange rock formations seen by NASA’s Spirit rover in Gusev Crater, and more recently by Perseverance in Jezero Crater, are thought to be the product…
It May Take 400,000 Years to Connect With Alien Civilizations, Scientists Say
The Fermi Paradox poses the perplexing question: if humans are not unique and civilizations may arise everywhere in the universe, why have we yet to…
Incredible Animation Shows the Actual Scale of Our Solar System
Everyone understands that, in comparison to other celestial bodies, our home planet, Earth, is a light blue dot. Even our neighboring planets grow to be…
Black Widow Pulsar and Doomed Companion Orbit Each Other In Just 62 Minutes
Pulsars produce extremely bright light. When a pulsar is orbited by a companion star, the radiation from the pulsar can practically vaporize the poor partner…
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