Collaborate Disseminate
Earth is a rather special place, quite unlike the other planets in the solar system. It’s nestled at the perfect distance from the sun to allow our water to remain …read more Continue reading NASA Found Another Super Earth With Tantalizing Possibilities
Not every talk at the Chaos Communication Congress is about hacking computers. In this outstanding and educational talk, [Michael Büker] walks us through the history of our understanding of the …read more Continue reading 37C3: You Think It’s Bad With Pluto? A History of the Planets
Ever since humans figured out that planets move along predetermined paths in the heavens, they have tried to make models that can accurately predict their motion. Watchmakers and astronomers worked …read more Continue reading Ceiling-Mounted Orrery is an Excercise in Simplicity
K2-288Bb is located 226 light years away. Continue reading Citizen Scientists Help Spot a Potentially Habitable Planet Nearly Twice the Size of Earth
Astronomers have been looking for exoplanets around Barnard’s Star for decades. Now, they’ve finally spotted one. Continue reading Scientists Discover ‘Super-Earth’ That’s Only Six Light Years Away
Earth survived the solar system’s tumultuous infancy more or less intact. Other planets were not so lucky. Continue reading These Alien Diamonds Belonged to a Lost Mars-Sized World
The man who discovered Proxima Centauri b says he was inspired by sci-fi to search for other worlds for humans to colonize. Continue reading If We Colonize a Neighboring Solar System, Thank Guillem Anglada-Escudé
The man who discovered Proxima Centauri b says he was inspired by sci-fi to search for other worlds for humans to colonize. Continue reading If We Colonize a Neighboring Solar System, Thank Guillem Anglada-Escudé
The only other planet in the solar system to have such structures, called ‘penitentes’, is Earth. Continue reading Pluto Has Towers of Ice 1,600 Feet Tall