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Lyrid meteor shower to peak tonight. Here's what to know
CBS News· 6 days agoLook up, astronomy fans: The Lyrid meteor shower is set to peak overnight Sunday into Monday,...
Astronomers fight to save a major X-ray space telescope
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAlthough any piece of equipment will naturally degrade over time, Chandra...Cat’s Eye Nebula, which...
Saturn's moon Titan imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope
Boing Boing· 3 days agoThe superficially Earthlike appearance of Titan, as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope, is belied by its cold and inhospitable weirdness. Titan is a strange world — a little bit Earthlike ...
Here's Why We Should Put a Gravitational Wave Observatory on the Moon
Universe Today· 2 days agoScientists detected the first long-predicted gravitational wave in 2015, and since then, researchers...
Scientists Turn to Venus in the Search for Alien Life
SciTechDaily· 3 days ago“We often assume that Earth is the model of habitability, but if you consider this planet in...
Holmdel park dedicated to local scientist who discovered proof of the Big Bang theory
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoWilson was hired by Bell Labs in 1963 after he did a radio astronomy thesis at the California...
Io’s volcanoes have been erupting for billions of years
EarthSky· 3 days agoEarthSky’s Deborah Byrd created this 1-minute video summary for you, on Io‘s volcanoes. Jupiter’s...
Stellar detectives find suspect for incredibly powerful 'superflares'
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSome stars erupt with 'superflares' 10,000 times as powerful as solar flares from the sun. A team of...
The Lyrids meteor shower is peaking. Here's how to enjoy it with a bright moon
WLRN Miami· 6 days agoStargazers can get ready to watch one of the oldest-known meteor showers soon — they'll just need to...
On this day in history, April 25, 1990, Hubble Space Telescope placed in orbit by Space Shuttle...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Hubble Space Telescope, proclaimed by NASA to be the most significant advance in astronomy since...