Another Fast Radio Burst is Coming from a Hypernebula. Also, Hypernebulae are a Thing

If nothing else catches your attention in the title then surely ‘hypernebula’ does! There are some…

This Planet is Way Too Big for its Star

Scientists love outliers. Outliers are nature’s way of telling us what its boundaries are and where…

Red Sprites are Best Seen from Space

Planet Earth is full of some truly awe-inspiring spectacles, but few are as intriguing as a…

How Can Astronauts Maintain Their Bodies With Minimal Equipment?

Decades of research aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and other spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit…

Will Wide Binaries Be the End of MOND?

It’s a fact that many of us have churned out during public engagement events; that at…

Europa Clipper Could Help Discover if Jupiter’s Moon is Habitable

Since 1979, when the Voyager probes flew past Jupiter and its system of moons, scientists have…

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping Probe Prepares for a 2025 Launch

Engineers at NASA have completed an important milestone in developing the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe…

Does Betelgeuse Even Rotate? Maybe Not

Betelgeuse is the well known red giant star in the corner of Orion the hunter. The…

Yale-led study reveals orbital tilt in pristine solar systems as common phenomenon

A new study spearheaded by Yale astronomer Malena Rice and published in The Astronomical Journal has…

Eris Could be Slushier Than Pluto

In 2005, astronomer Mike Brown and his colleagues Chad Trujillo and David Rabinowitz announced the discovery…