Star Wars: The Force Awakens has already put its stamp on the record books, kicking off its domestic release with…
Comments of the Week #90: from Spiral Galaxies to Quantum Gravity
“As far as extra dimensions are concerned, very tiny extra dimensions wouldn’t be perceived in everyday life, just as atoms…
China Launches DAMPE Satellite –“To Search for Evidence of Dark Matter Annihilation”
China’s space science efforts got a boost today with the launch of the first of four planned scientific missions. The…
NASA: “Stunning, Unique Earth Image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)”
. "The image is simply stunning," said Noah Petro, Deputy Project Scientist for LRO at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center…
Ask Ethan: When A Photon Gets Redshifted, Where Does The Energy Go? (Synopsis)
“…in every kind of chemical change no loss of matter occurs […] in all the varied modes of physical change, no loss…
Star Streams and the Whale Galaxy
NGC 4631 is a spiral galaxy found only 25 million light-years away, toward the well-trained northern constellation Canes Venatici. Seen…
Bus-Size Asteroid ‘The Flea’ Buzzes Earth
The near-Earth asteroid 2015 YB, which is about 34 feet (10 meters) wide, cruised within a mere 34,670 miles (55,800…
Cosmic Clumpy Donut Around Black Hole
Thick donut-shaped disks of gas and dust that surround most massive black holes in the universe are ‘clumpy’ rather than…
Ask A Spaceman Special – What Was the Christmas Star?
Dr. Paul Matt Sutter hosts. It’s a special “transient” edition! What was the Christmas Star? Follow all the show updates…
Asteroid to Make a Close Encounter
Radar images are improving as this video of 1998 WT24 shows. Only 400 meters across and 4.3 million km /…
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