Space

New Results from NASA’s DART Planetary Defense Mission Confirm We Can Deflect Deadly Asteroids

March 14, 2023 Troy Oakes

The DART impact blasted a vast plume of dust and debris from the surface of the asteroid Dimorphos. (Image: T. Kareta (Lowell Observatory), M. Knight (US Naval Academy) via CTIO / NOIRLab / SOAR / NSF / AURA)

Here’s How Astronomers Are Looking for Alien Life Beyond Earth

March 12, 2023 Troy Oakes

A radio telescope listening for alien messages.

The earliest written record presenting the idea of 'aliens' is seen in the satiric work of Assyrian writer Lucian of Samosata dated to A.D. 200. (Image: 12222786 via Pixabay)

There Could Be Alien Life on Mars, but Will Our Rovers Be Able to Find It?

March 7, 2023 Troy Oakes

Scientists think Mars rovers may have some blind spots when it comes to finding signs of life. (Image: via NASA)

How Giant Baby Galaxies are Shaking up our Understanding of the Early Universe

February 27, 2023 Troy Oakes

Images of six candidate massive galaxies, seen 500-800 million years after the Big Bang. (Image: I. Labbe via NASA / ESA / CSA)

Astronomers reveal the most detailed radio image yet of the Milky Way’s galactic plane

January 27, 2023 Troy Oakes

Combined images from the ASKAP and Parkes radio telescopes. R. Kothes (NRC) and the PEGASUS team. (Image: via Andrew Hopkins)

10 Times Last Year the Webb Telescope Blew Us Away With New Images of Our Stunning Universe

January 20, 2023 Troy Oakes

The Carina star-forming region imaged by the Webb telescope. (Image: via NASA)

Are Black Holes Time Machines? Yes, but There’s a Catch

January 16, 2023 Troy Oakes

Black holes form natural time machines that allow travel to both the past and the future. But don’t expect to be heading back to visit the dinosaurs any time soon. (Image: via NASA’s Goddard Space Flight)

What are Gravitational Waves?

January 15, 2023 Troy Oakes

3D visualisation of gravitational waves produced by two orbiting black holes. (Image: Henze via NASA)

Airglow Makes the Sky Green, Yellow, and Red Too

January 14, 2023 Troy Oakes

Look up on a clear sunny day and you will see a blue sky. But is this the true color of the sky? Or is it the only color of the sky? (Image: via NASA)

Watch the SWOT Satellite Unfold Itself in Space

January 11, 2023 Troy Oakes

This illustration shows the SWOT spacecraft with its antenna mast and solar arrays fully deployed. (Image: JPL-Caltech via NASA)

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