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We Understand Rotating Black Holes Even Less Than We Thought
Black holes are real. We see them throughout the cosmos, and have even directly imaged the…
How Many Additional Exoplanets are in Known Systems?
One thing we’ve learned in recent decades is that exoplanets are surprisingly common. So far, we’ve…
Hubble and Webb are the Dream Team. Don’t Break Them Up
Many people think of the James Webb Space Telescope as a sort of Hubble 2. They…
Scientists Have Figured out why Martian Soil is so Crusty
On November 26th, 2018, NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) mission…
Another Way to Extract Energy From Black Holes?
The gravitational field of a rotating black hole is powerful and strange. It is so powerful…
Plastic Waste on our Beaches Now Visible from Space, Says New Study
According to the United Nations, the world produces about 430 million metric tons (267 U.S. tons)…
Future Space Telescopes Could be Made From Thin Membranes, Unrolled in Space to Enormous Size
Space-based telescopes are remarkable. Their view isn’t obscured by the weather in our atmosphere, and so…
Voyager 1 is Forced to Rely on its Low Power Radio
Voyager 1 was launched waaaaaay back in 1977. I would have been 4 years old then!…
The Aftermath of a Neutron Star Collision Resembles the Conditions in the Early Universe
Neutron stars are extraordinarily dense objects, the densest in the Universe. They pack a lot of…