Powerful Burst of Radiation Documented on the Sun

Powerful Burst of Radiation Documented on the Sun

This one peaked this past Thursday, at 8:13 p.m. EDT

Believing in Aliens Makes Perfect Sense, and Here’s Why

Believing in Aliens Makes Perfect Sense, and Here’s Why

The cosmos is humongous, it makes sense we are not alone

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 25th, 2015
54% of Americans Believe in Advanced Alien Civilizations

54% of Americans Believe in Advanced Alien Civilizations

Also, 52% of British people and 56% of Germans

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 25th, 2015
Bizarre Landscapes on Pluto Look like Snake or Maybe Dragon Skin

Bizarre Landscapes on Pluto Look like Snake or Maybe Dragon Skin

This region is “unique and perplexing,” researchers say

Watch: Some of the Best Views of Pluto Yet

Watch: Some of the Best Views of Pluto Yet

Video will take you on a tour of the dwarf planet

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 17th, 2015
They've Found 86 New Meteor Showers We Had No Idea Happened

They've Found 86 New Meteor Showers We Had No Idea Happened

As it turns out, the sky is a busier place than we thought

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 11th, 2015
NASA's Scientific Take on Pluto's Topography: “It's Complicated”

NASA's Scientific Take on Pluto's Topography: “It's Complicated”

Because, you know, all hail scientific accuracy

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 3rd, 2015
NASA's Proposed Comet Hitchhiker Would Tour the Solar System

NASA's Proposed Comet Hitchhiker Would Tour the Solar System

The probe would explore the asteroid belt or the Kuiper Belt

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 28th, 2015
After Historic Pluto Flyby, New Horizons Zooms In on Another Target

After Historic Pluto Flyby, New Horizons Zooms In on Another Target

NASA wants the probe to visit an object in the Kuiper belt

Watch: What NASA's New Horizons Saw When It Flew by Pluto

Watch: What NASA's New Horizons Saw When It Flew by Pluto

Animation recreates the probe's historic flyby

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 13th, 2015
Baby Jupiter Discovered Merely 100 Light-Years Away

Baby Jupiter Discovered Merely 100 Light-Years Away

This is probably what our Jupiter looked like in its infancy

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 1st, 2015
NASA Releases Video of Mammoth Asteroid That Flew by Us on July 24

NASA Releases Video of Mammoth Asteroid That Flew by Us on July 24

The space rock comprises two lobes, resembles a peanut

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 31st, 2015
Dwarf Planet Pluto Might Hide an Ocean Under Its Surface

Dwarf Planet Pluto Might Hide an Ocean Under Its Surface

This would explain the orb's surface geology

Watch: How Sunlight Jerks Asteroids Around

Watch: How Sunlight Jerks Asteroids Around

Video explains how sunlight influences asteroids' orbit

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 29th, 2015
Brace Yourselves, a Blue Moon Will Be Upon Us This Friday, July 31

Brace Yourselves, a Blue Moon Will Be Upon Us This Friday, July 31

Except it won't be blue, not even in the slightest

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 27th, 2015
NASA Scientist: Asteroid Bennu Definitely Packs Organic Materials

NASA Scientist: Asteroid Bennu Definitely Packs Organic Materials

Bennu was discovered in 1999, NASA will soon visit it

An Asteroid Will Buzz by Earth This Sunday, July 19

An Asteroid Will Buzz by Earth This Sunday, July 19

The asteroid is worth $5.4 trillion (€4.9 trillion)

 
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