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On this date: The first pulsar
WHTM via Yahoo News· 6 months ago(WHTM) — It was a radio signal that was so strange some people wondered if it came from an alien civilization. On November 28, 1967, astronomy graduate...
Storm Jocelyn to shut down rail services across Scotland
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoStorm Jocelyn is set to bring a second day of travel chaos only a day after Storm Isha wracked the...
Storm Isha clear-up continues as Storm Jocelyn brings further disruption
Press Association News via AOL· 5 months agoEfforts to restore power to customers on the island of Ireland after Storm Isha have continued as...
Ian Curtis’ Voice Merges With ‘Unknown Pleasures’ Pulsar in Joy Division NFT
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn NFT celebrating Joy Division’s wavy Unknown Pleasures artwork will include previously unheard...
Probing the mysteries of neutron stars with a surprising earthly analog
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 11 months agoEver since neutron stars were discovered, researchers have been using their unusual properties to...
High school students set record with stratospheric balloon launch and recovery (photo)
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA science club at a girls high school in the U.K. sent a pair of weather balloons high into Earth's...
Astronomers Really Thought These Discoveries Could Be Aliens
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the famous X-Files poster declares, “I want to believe.” This wanting, however, often leads us...
The universe is rippling with a faint 'gravitational wave background' created by colliding black...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn illustration showing the universe as a wobbly grid, with bright black holes warping the grid On...
Norway hit by hurricane-force winds: Is climate change making Europe's extreme storms worse?
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNorway is reeling from its most powerful storm in more than 30 years, which left some residents...
Caroline Herschel was England’s first female professional astronomer, but still lacks name...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAstronomer Caroline Herschel’s work discovering and cataloging astronomical objects in the 18th...