Very bright fireball lights up sky over Montana on November 13, visible across Canada and U.S.

A very bright fireball was seen and recorded for northwestern Montana at 06:33 LT (13:33 UTC)…

Lessons From Ancient Earth’s Atmosphere: From Hostile to Hospitable

Will we ever understand how life got started on Earth? We’ve learned much about Earth’s long,…

Astronomers Defy the Zone of Avoidance to Find Hundreds of New Galaxies

There is a region of the sky where astronomers fear to look. Filled with dark clouds…

Early Black Holes Fed 40x Faster than Should Be Possible

The theory goes that black holes accrete material, often from nearby stars. However the theory also…

An Otherworldly Cloud Over New Zealand

Filmmakers love New Zealand. Its landscapes evoke other worlds, which explains why so much of The…

A Spider Stellar Engine Could Move Binary Stars Halfway Across a Galaxy

Eventually, every stellar civilization will have to migrate to a different star. The habitable zone around…

Scaling Propellant Production on Mars is Hard

Putting humans on Mars has been one of NASA’s driving missions for years, but they are…

Is an ‘Off-Year’ Leonid Outburst in the Cards For November?

There are good reasons to keep an eye on the Leonid meteors this year. It’s still…

Reaction Engines Goes Into Bankruptcy, Taking the Hypersonic SABRE Engine With it

Rarely does something get developed which is a real game changer in space exploration. One example…

Project Hyperion is Seeking Ideas for Building Humanity’s First Generation Ship

The dream of traversing the depths of space and planting the seed of human civilization on…