SPACE: When Betelgeuse Goes Supernova…
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is nearing the end of its life, and researchers are preparing for what it will look like when the star dies in a fiery explosion … Read more
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SPACE: We May Have a MiniMoon!
Tumbling through Earth’s increasingly crowded orbit are about 5,000 satellites, half a million pieces of human-made debris and only one confirmed natural object: the moon. Now, astronomers working out of … Read more
SPACE: There Are Vampire Stars???
A “vampire” dwarf star is sucking the life force from its partner star, and their entanglement produced a rare superoutburst. NASA detailed this previously unknown dwarf nova, a brief eruption … Read more
SPACE: Are Stars Throwing Comets At Us?
Stars and comets make unlikely dance partners. Their gravitational partnership is one that astronomers have long suspected but have never seen — until now. For the first time, a Polish … Read more
SPACE: Neptune’s Moons Locked in a Strange Dance
Astronomers have discovered an unusual pattern around Neptune. The gas giant’s innermost moons are doing everything in their power to steer clear from one another in a weird, zigzagging pattern … Read more
SPACE: Astronomers May Have Found Something Traveling Faster Than Light (Sort Of)
In a distant corner of the universe, something is traveling faster than light. No, the laws of physics aren’t being violated: It’s still true that nothing can travel faster than … Read more
SPACE: Astronomers Find More Mysterious Dimming Stars
A mysterious star whose repeated bouts of darkening might be due to “alien megastructures,” according to some researchers’ conjectures, may now have more than a dozen counterparts that display similarly … Read more
SPACE: Are There Glowing Aliens?
Alien life-forms could glow in spectacular reds, blues and greens to shield themselves from stellar bursts of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. And that glowing light could be how we find them, … Read more
SPACE: Could This Exoplanet Support Life?
Astronomers have found a nearby “super-Earth” exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life as we know it. An international group of astronomers discovered the planet using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet … Read more
SCIENCE: Are Aliens Flashing Laser Beams At Us?
Are aliens using super powerful flashlights to get our attention? Astronomers think there’s a chance they are. Since the invention of the radio, humans have been silently listening to the … Read more