We Finally Know the Mass of Brand New Neutron Stars

When massive stars explode as supernovae, they can leave behind neutron stars. Other than black holes,…

Dust Obscures Our View of the Cosmos. Now it’s Mapped Out in the Milky Way

We see the Universe through a glass darkly, or more accurately, through a dusty window. Interstellar…

JWST Cycle 4 Spotlight, Part 3: Supermassive Black Holes and Cosmic Noon

Welcome back to our five-part examination of Webb’s Cycle 4 General Observations program. In the first…

The Square Kilometre Array Releases its First Test Image

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) remains under construction with completion still a few years away. However,…

Astronomers Think They’ve Found a Reliable Biosignature. But There’s a Catch

The search for life has become one of the holy grails of science. With the increasing…

China’s Flagship Space Telescope Launches in 2027. Here’s How it’ll Change Cosmology

The China Space Station Telescope (CSST), also known as Xuntian, is a next generation space observatory…

One Instrument on the Failed Lunar Lander Did a Little Science

When Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus Lander launched for the Moon in February 2024, it faced a number…

What’s the Deadliest Part of a Supernova Explosion?

What’s the deadliest part of a supernova explosion? To estimate this we have to look at…

Exploding Stars May Have Caused Two of Earth’s Mass Extinctions

Nothing can withstand a powerful supernova explosion. Only distance can dull their power, and that distance…

A New Company Plans to Prospect the Moon

By Andy Tomaswick March 17, 2025 Helium-3 (He-3) on the Moon’s surface has drawn attention for…