On April 3rd, the Mars Ingenuity helicopter was removed from its carbon-fiber shield on the Perseverance rover’s belly. On Sunday, April 11th, it will make its first attempt at a…
Cakes, Cats, and Stars — Astro April Fools – Sky & Telescope
Every year for April Fools’ Day, astronomers spend their copious spare time applying their craft to the true problems of the universe. Then they post the astonishing results to the…
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ teaser trailer for season 4 sounds like every other season
The first trailer for season four of “Star Trek: Discovery” is here! Series star Sonequa Martin-Green revealed a first look at the fourth season of “Star Trek: Discovery” following the…
Weird space radio signal tracked to its source for the first time
By Leah Crane Illustration of a magnetar’s magnetic fields and a burst of radiation McGill University Graphic Design Team For the first time, we have tracked a strange blast of…
Polarised light shows magnetic field around M87’s black hole – Astronomy Now
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has unveiled data allowing astronomers, for the first time, to measure the polarisation of light near the edge of the supermassive black hole at…
LEGO Announces the Space Shuttle Discovery and Hubble Edition
When I saw the opportunity to write about a new Lego set featuring the Space Shuttle Discovery and Hubble, I immediately went to my 7 year old son, who is…
The Milky Way’s Local Arm Is Longer Than We Thought – Sky & Telescope
The ancients gazed at the Milky Way for millennia, but it wasn’t until the mid-20th century that we discovered we live in a galaxy that takes a spiral shape. This…
NASA astronauts get up-close look at SpaceX’s Starship SN11 prototype (photo)
NASA astronauts just got a tutorial on the spaceship that may land people on the moon a few years from now. Christina Koch and some of her NASA colleagues recently…
Carlo Rovelli: Where does the stuff that falls into a black hole go?
By Carlo Rovelli The universe is full of things we had never foreseen or imagined, none more so than black holes Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library THERE is something paradoxical in…
Now you see it, now you don’t: what happened to Mars’ water?
Once warmer and wetter with enough water to fill half the Atlantic Ocean, Mars is a frigid desert today. But new research indicates most of that water may still be…