Asteroid Bennu May Give Clues to Birth of Solar System
Bennu’s Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, Asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system. Born from the rubble of a [...]
Space
Orion Nebula Death Stars Destroy Planets
“Death stars” in the Orion nebula have been wreaking havoc on planets, killing them off before they even form. So the question begs itself: is Earth next? [...]
Johannes Kepler, Founder of Celestial Mechanics
Johannes Kepler, founder of celestial mechanics, was born December 27, 1571, at Weil der Stadt, Stuttgart, Germany. His grandfather was lord mayor of the town, but his family [...]
Spacecraft Camera Captures Comet Disintegrate
Hurtling through space at thousands of kilometres per hour, the comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft has photographed its target spewing out [...]
How Magnetars are Like a School Bully
Astronomers have figured out how to make the universe’s most powerful magnet. All you need is two massive stars orbiting close to each other so that one swipes gas from the [...]
Not Knowing We Live in a Multiverse Makes you a Rookie
Last week, physicists announced that they’d discovered evidence of gravitational waves in the early universe, which makes it more likely that our universe began with a [...]