On April 1st, 2026, the crew of the Artemis II mission launched to space atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). Roughly three and a half hours after launch, the rocket’s first stage separated
Astronomers have potentially detected the first known second-generation planet; in this case, a Jupiter-like planet that likely formed from the accretion of debris cast off by a dying stellar white dwarf. Identified as
There’s lots of things you can do with balloons. Children’s birthday parties come to mind, as do retirement parties. But you can also observe the Sun in unprecedented detail with one – or
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the fourth Space Development Agency Tranche 1 mission. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket early Saturday carrying
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are notoriously difficult to study. They are bright radio chirps that only last just milliseconds. When FRBs were first observed, it was difficult to distinguish them from terrestrial noise
It’s not too often that a high school student-turned undergraduate gets three galaxies named after him, especially ones that are breaking the rules of star formation. Julian Shapiro, currently an astrophysics student at
Scientists theorize that early in the Solar System’s history, collisions were relatively common as planets migrated and planetoids were hurled out of their orbits. According to the Giant Impact Hypothesis, a collision with
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Francis Halzen for “decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.” This is the fifth time
The chief aim of NASA’s Artemis Program is to create a “sustained program of lunar exploration and development.” Beyond returning astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era, NASA
According to Nebula Theory, the Solar System formed about four and a half billion years ago from a massive accretion disk of gas and dust that orbited our Sun. Alas, there are still
