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NASA is putting an 'artificial star' in orbit around Earth
Business Insider· 6 days agoThis story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start...
'Dyson spheres' were theorized as a way to detect alien life. Scientists say they’ve found potential...
EastIdahoNews.com· 7 days agoRenowned British American physicist Freeman Dyson theorized it would be a shell made up of mirrors...
Saturn's planet-wide storms driven by seasonal heating, Cassini probe reveals
Space via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhile previous research led by Li had shown that the heat radiated by Saturn matched its seasons,...
The Inside Story of How an Interstellar Jam Session Came to the Las Vegas Sphere
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 days agoThis jam session includes a new player never heard from before in one of these shows: our universe...
The dominant model of the universe is creaking
The Economist· 5 days agoIN ARIZONA, AT Kitt Peak National Observatory, a telescope has spent three years building a three-dimensional map of the heavens. In examining the light...
Life after stellar death? How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoStellar death need not be the end for orbiting planets, which could see their ice melt as they move...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 6 days agoAfter missing the first launch window due to a problem with an engine temperature sensor, NASA is aiming to try again at 2:17pm Eastern time on Sept. 3. You can watch along with NASA’s live ...
The unexpected behavior of pulsing stars could help us measure the universe
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNew research offers the most precise measurements yet of pulsating Cepheid stars, which could reveal...
Life after stellar death? How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs
SPACE.com· 6 days agoStars do not survive forever, the sun included. In about five billion years, Earth's star will begin...
Baby stars that defy explanation are 'swarming like bees' around Milky Way's supermassive black hole
LiveScience· 5 days agoInexplicably young stars are barreling through space at breakneck speeds as they circle precariously...