Collaborate Disseminate
“We didn’t even have enough money to build a second dome to protect our second telescope! Yet we still managed to make a discovery that is impossible for the big projects.” Continue reading Astronomers Discover Rare Kilometer-Sized Object in Outer Solar System
It was the first time an impact has been captured on film during a total lunar eclipse. Continue reading A Meteorite Crashed Into the ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon’
SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, is an observatory built onto a Boeing 747, but the government shutdown has stopped it from flying. Continue reading The Government Shutdown Has Grounded NASA’s Only Flying Telescope
A MIPT team is building prototype observatories over the coming weeks in Amderma, Nenets Autonomous Region. Continue reading Scientists Want to Monitor Space Debris from Warming Russian Arctic
Two emerging technologies could be combined to produce a powerful infrared signal that could be spotted from distant planets, according to research in The Astrophysical Journal. Continue reading Aliens Might Notice Us if We Shot a Giant Laser at Them, Study Says
Like Spock’s home world Vulcan, this newly discovered exoplanet orbits the 40 Eridani triple star system. Continue reading Scientists Find ‘Super-Earth’ In Star System From ‘Star Trek’
Filmmaker and space lover Wylie Overstreet took his telescope onto the streets of Los Angeles to show strangers the moon, then captured their reactions on film. Continue reading People Seeing the Moon Up Close for the First Time Is a Dose of Good Vibes
It viewed a monster tangle of galaxies known as Perseus. Continue reading The Doomed Hitomi Telescope Had a Spectacular View of the Universe As It Died
The quest to root out all the stray space rocks near Earth is simultaneously comforting and unnerving. Continue reading Watch Two Years of Asteroid Observations in 20 Seconds