Over the last three decades, computer models of forming planetary systems have gone from being fairly crude replications to sophisticated simulations using thousands of different initial starting points. A paper presented at the
A SpaceX Falcon upper stage crashed into the Moon on August 5th when their orbits brought them into conflict. The upper stage was from launching a pair of lunar landers toward the Moon:
Both of Mars’ moons are oddballs. They’re small and lumpy like potatoes, and for a long time, astronomers thought they may be captured asteroids. A newer explanation, that they may be the result
Stars are a critical piece of the larger cosmos. They’re engines of nucleosynthesis, forging the elements—and the planets—that make life possible. Their feedback regulates physics on a galactic scale, they can serve as
The Americas take center stage for next Thursday night’s deep partial lunar eclipse. So, did you miss the August 12th total solar eclipse? Like lots of humanity, we sat out the celestial drama
A SpaceX Falcon 9 soars past the clouds above Florida’s Space Coast during the Starlink 10-39 mission on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update Aug. 21, 11:54 a.m. EDT (1554
The Carina Nebula (NGC 3324), located about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina (the Keel), is one of Hubble’s favorite places to image. Like many locations in our cosmic background, the NASA/ESA/CSA
LandSpace’s ZhuQue-3 rocket booster lands at the company’s landing pad during the second flight of the launch vehicle on Aug. 19, 2026. Image: LandSpace Chinese commercial launch company, LandSpace cemented its place in
Something’s wetting the surface of dwarf planet Pluto along the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia, and planetary scientists may have found a good explanation for it. A recent study of New Horizons images
When astronomers studying the Milky Way’s center found a group of stars orbiting the center very rapidly, it proved that a supermassive black hole (SMBH) was located there. The stars, dubbed S-stars, showed
