NASA just communicated with our only spacecraft outside the Solar System
In the cold darkness of interstellar space, way past the Kuiper belt, Voyager 1 is continuing its journey out as far from Earth as it can go. Right now, it’s…
Elon Musk says he is launching his red Tesla Roadster to Mars in January 2018
In a series of tweets on Friday night, Elon Musk said he plans to launch his red Tesla Roadster to Mars in 2018. Multiple sources now confirm Musk is serious,…
The Juno space probe isn’t where it should be, and this isn’t the first time it’s happened
In the early 1960s, scientists developed the gravity-assist method, where a spacecraft would conduct a flyby of a major body in order to increase its speed. Many notable missions have…
India is preparing to land on the moon for the first time in the country’s history
The last time any country put boots or, rather, little metal feet, on the Moon was in 2013, when China landed its Yutu rover there. Before that, you’d have to…
Andromeda galaxy has been photobombed by two incredibly massive black holes
A photo of our galactic neighbour Andromeda has revealed a surprise subject – an X-ray source initially thought to be inside Andromeda, but which turned out to be 1,000 times…
The only supermoon in 2017 is coming this weekend
This Sunday is your chance to get up close and personal with the Moon. The year’s only visible supermoon (or perigee-syzygy, if you prefer the technical term) happens on December…
China’s dark matter space probe just detected… something very interesting
The search for dark matter continues, in part through China’s Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) – and the probe just picked up a suggestion of something on its instruments that…
Astronomers think they’ve cracked the mystery of humongous ‘hot Jupiters’
The study of extra-solar planets has revealed some fantastic and fascinating things. Of the thousands of planets discovered so far, many have been much larger than their Solar counterparts. For…